, Columnist
America Is Joining Its Frenemies Back in the Fossil Fuel Club
Massive oil reserves mean the US is less enthusiastic about energy transition than China, which is charging ahead with clean technology.
Squandering early leads.
Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg
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Geography, it’s often said, is destiny.
The paths nations follow though history are written like a script on the patterns of their rocks, rivers, plains and coasts, in ways that often confound the views of the people who inhabit them. It’s rare for a country to escape that geological fate.