Causes www.ozy.com Butterfly effect: Russia's coming after America's shale Russia and Saudi Arabia might appear to be the main protagonists of the oil price war that has bloodied markets this week. In reality, the battleground is America.
Impacts Bolivia's potatoes are vanishing Bolivia's Aymara people have for centuries depended on a potato-based product called the chuño as a staple. Now, the chuño's days might be numbered.
Causes www.ozy.com Is the IMF helping corrupt African petrostates gain credibility? The IMF is poised to lend Equatorial Guinea $280 million despite a record of graft and human rights violations.
Impacts www.ozy.com The city so full nobody can breathe Mongolia is losing its nomadic culture — and its lung health.
Solutions India shows why the global shift to plant-based diets is dangerous The absence of more meat in the Indian diet is responsible for undernutrition. That’s not a model to follow.
Politics Coal is poised for a comeback in China The Middle Kingdom is increasing its coal capacity — by a lot.
Newsletter www.ozy.com This wood is key to wind power. Too bad there's a shortage Balsa wood is light and strong — and without it, wind power gets a lot more complicated.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley