Fossil Fuels

Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?

Many residents say a record amount of incoming federal aid provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transition the island to clean energy. So far, the funds are mostly going to natural gas.

By Kristoffer Tigue

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross

Total Accused of Campaign to Play Down Climate Risk From Fossil Fuels

By Tom Wilson

Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?

By Fred Pearce

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

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