Countries across Asia are dusting off strategies from the Covid-19 era, including work-from-home policies and targeted stimulus measures, as they face rising fuel shortages triggered by the ongoing Iran war. Asia is particularly vulnerable, buying more than 80 percent of the crude that passes through the Strait of Hormuz—a critical shipping lane that has been […]
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Niigata Prefecture Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has given the green light for a partial restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world’s largest, moving Japan a step closer to revitalizing its nuclear sector and reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. The approval removes a major obstacle for Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) to restart one […]
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Near a quiet bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru’s northern Amazon, Wilmer Macusi, a 25-year-old Indigenous Urarina leader, stands atop a rusting pipeline. He stirs a branch in the murky pool below, where oil still bubbles to the surface. “They say this is clean,” he says, gesturing toward the water, “but the oil hasn’t […]
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