It is almost universally believed that the United States and China are locked in a strategic competition of epic proportions. But in many areas of social significance, both the US and China are not number-one. 

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites have promising yet underused applications for environmental monitoring. With a new licensing rule from the Department of Commerce, the stage is set for a significant boon to SAR and the Earth observation industry. 

As India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Jal Shakti pursue interconnected goals, they must work together to maximize both energy and water security by prioritizing solar and wind energy development in India’s water-stressed regions.

The most recent data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration for 2019 highlight a worrying reality: the United States is no longer reducing emissions. CO₂ emissions fell in 2019, but...

As the world’s largest oil and gas producer, the United States will suffer from lower oil prices. However, not all hydrocarbon-producing states will suffer the same, as shown by the last major oil price decline.

When oil prices collapse, as they have today, there is a rush to understand how low oil prices will affect...

This week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its update on energy-related CO2 emissions for 2019. 

There is a tendency to cheer the role that gas has played in reducing coal use, but that might oversimplify the forces at play. Gas is playing a role in reducing coal consumption in Europe, but that role is neither simple nor straightforward.

This week, the United States and China signed a so-called “phase one” trade deal to stop the escalation of tariffs that has precipitated since the start of the trade war in 2017.