How a Battery Metals Supply Glut is Deepening China’s Dominance
Crashing metals prices are making it hard for Western miners to justify new investments in the minerals needed for clean energy.
Ernest Scheyder on the Tough Choices around Critical Minerals
The journalist discusses the trade-offs involved in sourcing the minerals needed to power the clean energy transition, and how the U.S. fell behind China in...
Energy Storage Reaches New Heights in China
A well-connected U.S. firm is using China as a proving ground for its technology that aims to store renewable energy.
The Mineral Hunt
A look at the American effort to catch up on critical raw material supply by searching closer to home.
China’s Coal Calculations
The country’s carbon emissions could enter structural decline next year, but there’s a big if.
Li Keqiang: A Premier Measurement
How Li Keqiang's alternative way of assessing the health of China's economy stacks up today.
The Limits on China and Russia’s No Limits Partnership
Despite the warmth on show between Xi and Putin, Beijing has been careful about how far it supports Moscow.
China’s Nuclear-Powered Future
China's advances in nuclear energy have become another flashpoint with the U.S.
XPeng’s Charge
The electric vehicle maker is expanding overseas despite growing political challenges.
The Biodiesel Defect
Twenty years ago, biofuel was seen as something of a silver bullet — a way to "green" our engines and support our farmers all at...
BYD’s Big Moment
BYD’s blink-and-you-miss-it expansion in the last three years has blindsided just about everyone. Today it is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles, the second...
High Power Investment
China and the U.S. are both seeing high levels of private investment in electric vehicles, but is public infrastructure development keeping pace?