A coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups is suing the Biden administration over the approval of the Willow oil- and gas-drilling project in Alaska, arguing the government failed to consider the climate risks, as well as harm to wildlife and subsistence hunting...
India is at an energy crossroads: if it chooses fossil fuels, it could undermine global climate targets
Oil and gas facilities will soon be charged for releasing methane, but technologies to capture the potent greenhouse gas are still relatively new and untested
Scientists working for the oil giant Exxon in the 1970s and 1980s estimated temperature increases with remarkable accuracy. Those findings could now be used as evidence in climate litigation...
Though renewable energy surpassed coal generation for the first time in 60 years, causing U.S. power emissions to decline, emissions from buildings and transportation went up in 2022
Extreme heat has provided some relief from Europe’s punishing energy crunch. Trouble looms, though, as it continues to seek alternative energy sources
Increasing demand for natural gas and oil has offset emissions reductions associated with coal and pushed U.S. energy emissions higher for a second consecutive year
Sustainable aviation fuel is poised for exponential growth thanks to increased investment and policy support, according to industry officials
Higher fossil energy prices and concerns about energy supply disruptions are driving the acceleration of wind, solar and other renewables, the International Energy Agency says
Wind, solar and hydropower will generate more than 20 percent of the power supply
New funding programs announced at COP27 are helping poor countries transition away from fossil fuels, but the money isn’t going to places without energy
Updates to an EPA draft rule would allow third parties to report large methane leaks, requiring oil and gas operators to promptly fix equipment that emits plumes of the potent planet-warming gas...
Fresh data released at the COP27 climate summit show global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are soaring despite an energy crisis
Though many scientists say it’s inevitable that the world will overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the global climate talks unfolding in Egypt are bound to the target
Set against a backdrop of severe weather disasters, the COP27 climate summit is colliding with soaring energy costs, food insecurity and a looming recession
Middle Eastern governments are ramping up their green ambitions ahead of the COP27 climate summit but show few signs of reining in fossil-fuel exports
The large utility PacifiCorp is studying the viability of turning five fossil-fuel plants into nuclear-energy-and-storage facilities
The Garden State is one of two dozen local governments suing oil and gas companies for allegedly lying to consumers and contributing to global warming
A proposed 1.5-megawatt nuclear facility will supplement power from a decades-old coal plant that powers one of the nation’s most strategic air bases
Researchers are rushing to calculate the greenhouse-gas emissions resulting from mysterious leaks in major gas pipelines that connect Russia to Europe
