Fossil Fuels

After Ida, Louisiana Struggles to Tally the Environmental Cost. Activists Say Officials Must Do Better

The state was still recovering from five named storms in 2020 when the Category 4 hurricane walloped the Gulf Coast with 150 mph winds.

By James Bruggers

Inside Clean Energy: Natural Gas Prices Are Rising. Here’s Why That Helps the Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources

By Dan Gearino

Global Methane Pledge Offers Hope on Climate in Lead Up to Glasgow

By Phil McKenna

In the Democrats’ Budget Package, a Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts at Stake

By Marianne Lavelle

Biggest “Direct Air Capture” Plant Starts Pulling in Carbon, But Involves a Fraction of the Gas in the Atmosphere

By Leslie Hook, Financial Times

To Meet Paris Accord Goal, Most of the World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground

By Nicholas Kusnetz

After a Clash Over Costs and Carbon, a Minnesota Utility Wants to Step Back from Its Main Electricity Supplier

By Dan Gearino

Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters

By Judy Fahys

A Federal Judge’s Rejection of a Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project is the Latest Reversal of Trump Policy

By Georgina Gustin

Inside Clean Energy: Which State Will Be the First to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings?

By Dan Gearino

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Quietly Scoring Big Money for Their Preferred Climate Solution: Carbon Capture and Storage

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Inside Clean Energy: Three Charts that Show the Energy Transition in 50 States

By Dan Gearino

Despite One Big Dissent, Minnesota Utilities Approve of Coal Plant Sale. But Obstacles Remain

By Dan Gearino

The Carbon Cost of California’s Most Prolific Oil Fields

By Ingrid Lobet

Climate Activists Target a Retrofitted ‘Peaker Plant’ in Queens, Decrying New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

By Kristoffer Tigue

Inside Clean Energy: A Geothermal Energy Boom May Be Coming, and Ex-Oil Workers Are Leading the Way

By Dan Gearino

An Oil Industry Hub in Washington State Bans New Fossil Fuel Development

By Marianne Lavelle

Why the Paris Climate Agreement Might be Doomed to Fail

By Nicholas Kusnetz

US Energy Transition Presents Organized Labor With New Opportunities, But Also Some Old Challenges

By Delger Erdenesanaa