As countries scramble to secure oil, gas and fertilizer, China’s bets on clean energy and coal are cushioning its dependence on oil and gas imports.

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin

When Gary Dirks arrived in China in 1995, the country’s government was looking to source more of its energy at home. Dirks was the incoming country head for BP, but efforts to find more oil and gas in the country had largely fizzled.

China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War

As policymakers meet in Jamaica to develop regulations for mineral exploitation in international waters, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala highlights what’s at stake for Pacific cultures.

By Teresa Tomassoni

This week, delegates from around the world gathered at the International Seabed Authority’s headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, to continue ongoing negotiations over a long-debated “mining code”—a set of rules and regulations that would determine how commercial deep-sea mining could proceed in international waters.

‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions

The Alabama Senate unanimously voted to expand the public service commission, and create a Secretary of Energy to address rising electricity prices. A bill in the House would go even further, requiring rate case hearings and limiting utility profits.

By Dennis Pillion

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—High electricity costs have been the talk of the session in the Alabama Legislature, and the state seems poised to totally revamp its utility regulatory process.

Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?