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Shale Is Hale
New Fracking Technique Boosts Output 70 Percent

Welcome to the era of the “monster frack.”

Subsidies
2017 Is Going to Be a Bad Year for Solar

And get this: it’s because the industry already got the subsidies it wanted.

Putin's Patronage
Rosneft’s Rocky Road to Recovery

The rebound of Russia’s largest oil company appears to be a major success story, but the truth is more complicated.

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TAI elsewhere
What’s Next for the GOP?

Jason Willick on the inadequacy of the donor class vision for the Republican Party.

Regulate Don't Kill
Is New York About to Kill Airbnb?

Trying to apply blue model thinking to post-blue problems is foolish.

A New Cud to Chew
How a Seaweed Diet Could Save the Planet

Feeding cows seaweed could cut out 99 percent of their methane emissions.

Trouble in Brussels
Italy Scuttles New Russia Sanctions Proposal

After threatening Putin with new sanctions over Syria, European leaders discover they lack the political will to deliver.

Venezuela Crisis
Supreme Court Hands Maduro Another Victory

The United States is now going to have to figure out how to help Venezuela avoid completely melting down, with the Venezuelan strongman still at the helm.

Fear the Airpocalypse
China Struggling to Enforce Clean Skies Policies

Companies are defying orders to cut back on air pollution.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Duterte’s Spin Room Gets to Work

Philippine officials sought to clarify Duterte’s comments on separating from the U.S., but the situation is still murky.

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