Willem Marx

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Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off

Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off

Projects on the Isle of Lewis were stalled for decades, but the perseverance of local leaders overcame regulatory obstacles and community concerns.

July 28, 2025

July 28, 2025

Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off

Projects on the Isle of Lewis were stalled for decades, but the perseverance of local leaders overcame regulatory obstacles and community concerns.

Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off

September 19, 2024

September 19, 2024

How a Former IRS Agent Got Locked Up in a Nigerian Prison

For more than a half-year, Tigran Gambaryan has been caught in a tussle between the country’s government and Binance, the cryptocurrency giant he works for.

How a Former IRS Agent Got Locked Up in a Nigerian Prison

November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

Online Gambling Has Millions of Young Africans Battling Addiction

A generation faces growing dependency on the false hopes of betting.

Online Gambling Has Millions of Young Africans Battling Addiction

July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023

Norway Struggles to Pull the Plug on EV Subsidies

The country is trying to wean itself from the sweeteners that have made it the world’s top electric car market.

Norway Struggles to Pull the Plug on EV Subsidies

April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023

Betting on Bacteria to Fix the Cement Industry’s Emissions Problem

Denmark’s concrete manufacturing giant IBF and U.S. startup Biomason are making a new kind of cement mix that requires less energy.

Betting on Bacteria to Fix the Cement Industry’s Emissions Problem

April 20, 2023

April 20, 2023

The Nord Stream Explosion Remains an Unsolved Mystery Gripping Europe

Was it the Russians? Or maybe Ukrainians? Americans? Brits? Seven months later, only one certainty remains: Infrastructure is an easy target.

The Nord Stream Explosion Remains an Unsolved Mystery Gripping Europe

December 9, 2022

December 9, 2022

The UK’s Massive Tree-Planting Campaign Isn’t Moving Fast Enough

One of Europe’s least-forested countries has a plan to fight climate change. That’s much easier said than done.

The UK’s Massive Tree-Planting Campaign Isn’t Moving Fast Enough

October 21, 2022

October 21, 2022

The Private Jet That Took 100 Russians Away From Putin’s War

Thousands of working professionals have fled to neighboring countries. This is how they got out, and what their departure means for their homeland.

The Private Jet That Took 100 Russians Away From Putin’s War

December 14, 2021

December 14, 2021

A Sunny Place for a Shady Online Business

Malta, home to hundreds of betting sites and dubious oversight, is a target of an international money laundering crackdown.

A Sunny Place for a Shady Online Business

July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015

Making the Seas Safer for Fishermen

Implementation of a 2010 law that updates standards has lagged

Making the Seas Safer for Fishermen

June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015

What’s Killing Canada’s Pine Trees?

Deep in the woodlands of Western Canada, a war is being waged against an insect the size of a grain of rice that threatens to spread to pine forests stretching eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. Since the late 1990s the mountain pine beetle, or Dendroctonus ponderosae, has attacked and killed hundreds of millions of commercially valuable pine trees in British Columbia, Alberta, and parts of the western U.S. The insects attack the trees by boring beneath the bark, where they feed and spread a blue-stain fungus, which becomes a food source for their larvae and inhibits the trees from increasing resin output to fend off the beetles. While warmer winters, a result of climate change, have allowed beetle populations to explode in some areas, the government of Alberta isn’t giving up the fight to contain the damage. But in British Columbia, where the infestation has dramatically depleted mature timber supplies, large Canadian companies have been looking south of the border and aggressively acquiring U.S. lumber operations to meet demand.

June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015

Beetle Plague Spurs Canadians on U.S. Lumber-Mill Buying Spree

Beetle Plague Spurs Canadians on U.S. Lumber-Mill Buying Spree

May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

How California's Drought Is Reshaping Small Businesses

As the drought in California enters its fourth year, businesses up and down the state are increasingly feeling the impact.

Cambria Shower With Pails as Drought Shapes California's Future

February 27, 2015

February 27, 2015

The Cuban Cigar King Sets His Sights on America

Harvesting Operations At The Alejandro Robaina Tobacco Plantation

December 11, 2014

December 11, 2014

Latvia Bank Regulator Finds No Violation in Uzbek Mobile Funds

August 19, 2014

August 19, 2014

Kurd Government Strapped as Baghdad Cut Share in Budget

April 2, 2013

April 2, 2013

'Egypt's Jon Stewart' Plans to Continue Spoofing Morsi

'Egypt's Jon Stewart' Plans to Continue Spoofing Morsi

May 11, 2012

May 11, 2012

Behind Europe's Workday Club Craze

Arrive at noon, dance for an hour, change shirts, and return to your desk. Behind Europe’s workday club craze

Behind Europe's Workday Club Craze

March 30, 2012

March 30, 2012

From Around the World, Your Fake News

From Around the World, Your Fake News

March 30, 2012

March 30, 2012

Bassem Youssef: Egypt's Jon Stewart

Comedian Bassem Youssef tests Cairo’s sense of humor in his wildly popular program modeled after The Daily Show

Bassem Youssef: Egypt's Jon Stewart