News Analysis
The Shale Rebound
America Taps Its Fracklog

Analysts expect America’s large “fracklog” of drilled but not completed shale wells could all but evaporate in coming months.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Can Washington Make the Trains Run on Time?

There are, in fact, some effective ways to limit the power of public transportation unions.

Feeding the Future
We Can Have Our Forests and Eat, Too

By growing more crops on the land we’ve got, we can help stop deforestation.

What's next for Zimbabwe?
War Vets Stab Mugabe in the Back

Zimbabwe’s leadership shakeup might come sooner than expected: The old dictator’s most violent supporters just backed another guy.

No Go
Putin Puts the Brakes on Sechin

Is Igor Sechin going the way of Vladimir Yakunin?

Geothermal Gaffe
When Green Energy Isn’t Actually Green

A number of Turkish geothermal plants sit atop geology that make them no cleaner than coal-fired power plants.

Blue Model Blues
The Pension Vise Tightens in California

California’s teacher pension fund didn’t come close to meeting its annual target.

Unsettled Science
What a Cooling Antarctica Means for Climate Science

Scientists think they know why Antarctica has been cooling over the past two decades, but do greens even care?

Getting Africa Right
Are Africans Actually Getting Poorer?

GDP per capita is set to fall in Africa this year, and that’s big news, but it’s not the whole story.

China's Bubble
Chinese Junk Heads Overseas

Local governments are so hungry they’re increasingly looking outside the country for help shouldering their debt burdens.

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