Fossil Fuels

Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production is reached, after which it is argued that production will begin an irreversible decline.

Read more in the app

The dilemma of mining more metals so we can ditch fossil fuels

Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high

Climate Game-Changer: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Behind Surging Methane Emissions

Microbes drove methane growth between 2020 and 2022, not fossil fuels

Biotech Breakthrough: Trees Engineered to Replace Fossil Fuels

US District Court Throws Out Federal Agency’s Assessment Allowing More Drilling for Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Mexico

Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements? | Deposits of designated critical minerals needed to transition the world’s energy systems away from fossil fuels may, ironically enough, be co-located with coal deposits that have been mined to produce fossil fuels.

We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels. It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently.

Smelting Steel Without Fossil Fuels: Solar Power Shatters the 1,000°C Barrier for Industrial Heating

Smelting Steel Without Fossil Fuels: Solar Power Shatters the 1,000°C Barrier for Industrial Heating

The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem Impossible to Kill

Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise

The Transport Companies Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind

Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking.

New Research: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Could Save Millions of Lives

Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from fossil fuels?

Your Money Is Funding Fossil Fuels Without You Knowing It

COP28's Climate Rhetoric Is in Stark Contrast to Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Even if COP28 fails, it has changed the conversation on fossil fuels

Clash over the future of fossil fuels reaches fever pitch at COP28