The transition away from fossil fuels is moving forward with or without the United States—and electric vehicles will play a ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. While “there’s a lot of room for ...

DUBAI - In the final weeks of the hottest year in recorded history, the international body responsible for limiting global warming and its disastrous effects called on countries to transition away ...

Many investors believe that fossil fuels are essential for strong retirement investment returns. But is that actually true? In this article, we test that assumption—comparing the performance of ...

It doesn’t take a lot of energy to dig up coal or pump oil from the ground. By contrast, most renewable sources of energy involve obtaining and refining resources, sophisticated manufacturing, and ...

Banks, governments, and businesses would face failure due to the essential role of fossil fuels in the economy. Critical infrastructure like electricity, internet, and trade systems would collapse ...

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has adjourned. The result is “The UAE consensus” on fossil fuels. This text, agreed upon by delegates from nearly 200 countries, calls for the world to move “away ...

The annual UN climate change conference held in Brazil last year, known as COP30, concluded without a clear roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. It also laid bare a question that has long haunted ...

The United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, known as “the Amazon COP,” wrapped on November 22nd. Powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a ...