The Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) released a report mid-February recommending that Duke not divest its endowment from fossil fuels. “While ACIR’s members individually ...
The UK -- the host of the COP26 climate summit -- is facing renewed heat over its own domestic oil production. But the government says reducing supply while maintaining demand could see the country ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Errol Schweizer has the essential take on the grocery industry. Think about going to the grocery store, and anything that you're ...
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 ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The decision text from Cop28 has been greeted as “historic,” for being the first ever ...
You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight against climate change. A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build ...
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 ...
Moving people and goods around the world requires a lot of energy, and 95 percent of that comes from burning fossil fuels. As a result, the transportation sector contributes roughly a quarter of the ...
In fiscal year 2025, explicit government subsidies in the form of tax expenditures for the energy sector total $64.1 billion. Those going to renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy-efficient ...
We speak with Leah Stokes, a researcher on climate and energy policy, who says the scale of the Los Angeles wildfires is a result of burning fossil fuels and destabilizing the planet’s equilibrium.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Energy secretary signals a boost for U.S. fossil fuels. Trump tapped Chris Wright, the CEO of fracking services company Liberty Energy, for the position this ...