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Fossil Fuels

Holding industries that profit from greenhouse gas emissions accountable for actions that hinder solutions to the climate crisis their products are responsible for causing. 

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Water negotiators are facing a worsening water supply forecast with record-low snowpack across the West.

Scott Franz, KUNC

Sunlight glimmers on the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC
An aerial view of British Steel’s Scunthorpe mill on April 12, 2025, in Scunthorpe, England. Activities such as steelmaking have disrupted the Earth’s energy balance. Credit: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

The Punta Cardon oil refinery is seen in the background of a fisherman sailing his boat from a beach in Amuay, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via Getty Images

Yes, Venezuela Has a Ton of Oil—But Its Biggest Opportunity Is Offshore Wind

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A person pumps gas at a BP station on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth

Brian Faulknier speaks to the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

By Charles Paullin

The view shows the river in the foreground, with the town and mountains behind.

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media

The Mi Vida gas plant is seen on March 18 in the Permian Basin of West Texas near Pecos. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, where ConocoPhillips operates the Alpine Field. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A parched desert.

The Planet Is Overheating, But You Might Not Know It From the News

Kate Yoder, Grist

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during the Green Growth Summit in Brussels on Monday. Credit: Michael Chia/UNFCCC

Iran War Shows That Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says

By Keerti Gopal

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott leads a panel with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google’s data center in Midlothian on Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

A New Era of Data Center Development Is Like a Second Industrial Revolution

By Arcelia Martin

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill dominates the horizon in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff

By Kiley Bense

Workers assemble wind turbine blades at the construction site of a wind farm in Zhangye City, China, on April 17, 2025. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin

Virginia Democrats Fail to Reach Compromise on Data Center Tax Exemption

By Charles Paullin

An oil refinery sits near the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas. Credit: Loren Elliott/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Claims Indian Investment Will Make Long-Standing Plans for Brownsville Refinery a Reality

By Martha Pskowski

Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by overnight attacks on March 8 in Tehran, Iran. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

The Iran War Is Making the Case for Renewable Energy, Experts Argue

By Aman Azhar

A water desalination plant is seen in Ras al-Khair along the Gulf coast in eastern Saudi Arabia on March 30, 2023. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’

By Phil McKenna

Petroleum storage tanks reside next to the Ferry Village neighborhood near the South Portland waterfront. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

There’s Something in the Air in South Portland, Maine

By Ryan Krugman, Inside Climate News, and Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe

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