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 ...

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 ...

In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry are driving interlinked crises that threaten ...

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 ...

Over the past century, a vast amount of fossil fuel infrastructure—including platforms, refineries, pipelines, ships, and tankers—has accumulated worldwide. As fossil fuels are phased out, these ...

Clean energy investment now exceeds fossil fuels by nearly two to one. New IEA data reveals where the world's energy system is heading.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...