fossil fuel

Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate

Former president Donald Trump's ask for $1 billion in campaign donations from Big Oil seems a small price to pay to preserve the tax loopholes that his presidential opponent, Joe Biden, has indicated he intends to close.

The council of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal announced that it passed a resolution to ban the installation of space and water heating powered by fossil fuels in residential, commercial and institutional buildings.

Almost immediately after the town of Prévost, Que., passed a bylaw banning natural gas this autumn, the 12,000-person community was hit with a lawsuit from Quebec's gas utility, Énergir. 

The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied on Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin.

The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates.

In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they have a rough draft.

Exclusive: A new database shows 1,500 American lobbyists working for fossil-fuel firms while representing universities and green groups.

New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton.

Irving Oil said on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that a strategic review of the company is underway and that it is looking at a series of options about its future, including a possible sale of the business.

The European Union presented plans on Thursday to fundamentally revamp its policies on dealing with critical raw materials, imposing limits on imports from countries like China while unleashing subsidies and other financial incentives to ramp up home production.

There is a tight relationship between harmful forms of masculinity, right-wing extremism and the refusal to deal with the climate crisis.

As international climate talks in the Egyptian desert go into their final days, negotiators are trying to move key countries’ lines in the sand on multiple issues, including compensation for climate disasters, phasing down all fossil fuel use and additional financial help for poor nations.

Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners.