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A school boy looks at a burning barricade during a demonstration on January 14th, 2019, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tires and rocks after the government more than doubled the price of fuel in a bid to improve supplies as the country battles its worst gasoline shortage in a decade.

Viewfinder: Zimbabwean Demonstrators Barricade Roads to Protest a Hike in Fuel Prices

Angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tires and rocks after the government more than doubled the price of fuel in a bid to improve supplies as the country battles its worst gasoline shortage in a decade.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man makes charcoal from twigs pruned from local forest during a controlled charcoal-making exercise.

Economics

To Address a Shortage of Charcoal and Firewood a Kenyan Village Is Repurposing Human Waste

The government has banned logging in the country for three months, driving cooking fuel prices through the roof.

Reuben Okonda

Environment

New Biofuels Could Cut Emissions and Preserve Land Used to Grow Food

Researchers combine ecological and economic models to examine the benefits of growing grass as fuel.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Hydrogen Fuel Is Set to Take Off, but Is It Safe?

In California, hydrogen-fueled cars are gaining in popularity. Will their safety issues garner greater scrutiny?

Naveena Sadasivam

Environment

Gas Mileage Labels Get Sophisticated

The federal government has unveiled updated designs for those informational stickers on new cars. The hope is to nudge buyers into choosing more fuel-efficient models.

Emily Badger

Environment

Saving Fuel But Melting Ice Faster

Sailing from the Atlantic to the Orient across the roof of the world has been the dream of Arctic explorers and world traders for centuries. It saves fuel, too, so what's not to like? Well ...

John Perlin

Economics

Paving the Hydrogen Highway with Aluminum

Ah, if only our vehicle fuel was as abundant as say, water. In his 2003 State of the…

Julia Griffin