fossil fuels

Various market forces have contributed to the decline of coal.

If there were any doubt that president-elect Donald Trump supports fossil fuels and does not believe in the scientific consensus of climate change, his pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should put it to rest. Yesterday, he named Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, a...

Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray called Tesla a "fraud" for taking government subsidies while failing to turn a profit.

ExxonMobil may have to lower the value of some of its oil reserves.

Shell predicts global oil demand could be close to peaking.

Electric cars could threaten the oil industry, a leading credit agency believes.

The U.S. and China published the results of a reciprocal peer review on their fossil-fuel subsidies.

A Texas fracking advocacy group uses social media to target Millennials.

The G20 nations will not commit to a deadline for phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies.

The Koch Brothers of Texas have long been bêtes noires to the progressive side of the political spectrum. Now, it appears, the dynamic duo are taking on what they perceive as a threat to their fossil-fuel interests: electric cars. And Elon Musk, CEO of highly visible electric-car maker Tesla...

A new book predicts massive growth in the electric-car battery industry.

California works to implement ambitious goals set by Governor Jerry Brown.

Governments incur significant costs from dealing with the effects of fossil-fuel pollution, the International Monetary Fund finds.

A new Chinese documentary on air pollution has gone viral.

Oil storage tanks may soon run out of room, triggering a major price drop.

Leaked information shows how the oil industry is fighting climate-change legislation in three states.

The Rockefellers will divest fossil-fuel stocks from their charity.