fossil fuels

At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and grim climate reports changed the conversation, but not the industry’s assertion that it will remain a critical part of the global economy, even as it decarbonizes.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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

By Tom Wilson

Not Waiting for Public Comment, Trump Administration Schedules Lease Sale for Arctic Wildlife Refuge

By Sabrina Shankman

UN Report: Despite Falling Energy Demand, Governments Set on Increasing Fossil Fuel Production

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too

By Ilana Cohen

Covid-19 Shutdowns Were Just a Blip in the Upward Trajectory of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

San Francisco Becomes the Latest City to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings, Citing Climate Effects

By Kristoffer Tigue

For a Climate-Concerned President and a Hostile Senate, One Technology May Provide Common Ground

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction

By Ilana Cohen

Trump's Interior Department Pressures Employees to Approve Seismic Testing in ANWR

By Sabrina Shankman

Inside Clean Energy: Biden’s Oil Industry Comments Were Not a Political Misstep

By Dan Gearino

The $16 Million Was Supposed to Clean Up Old Oil Wells; Instead, It’s Going to Frack New Ones

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Oil Market May Have Tanked, but Companies Are Still Giving Plenty to Keep Republicans in Office

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Exxon Turns to Academia in an Attempt to Discredit Harvard Research

By Nicholas Kusnetz

What Germany Can Teach the US About Quitting Coal

By Dan Gearino

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Too Much Sun Degrades Coatings That Keep Pipes From Corroding, Risking Leaks, Spills and Explosions

By Phil McKenna

A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts

By James Bruggers

Analysts Worried the Pandemic Would Stifle Climate Action from Banks. It Did the Opposite.

By Kristoffer Tigue