fossil fuels

What I’ve come to terms with is that those in power (read: fossil fuel executives and politicians) know what must be done to prevent the worst of climate change, writes columnist Auston Chhor. They just won’t do it.

New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.

Companies can now legally apply for deep-sea mining permits, despite a lack of environmental protections.

Shell reported on Thursday that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter, nearly half what the oil and natural gas giant pulled in during the first three months of the year as energy prices have plunged.

James Hansen, who testified before the U.S. Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a "new climate frontier."

A record-hot June, followed by a disaster-packed July, has climate scientists “shocked” by just how extreme the extreme weather has been, including some ocean waters feeling like “a hot tub.”

Members of Ontario's Public Service Pension Plan want clarity on how one of the province’s largest pension fund managers is actually implementing its climate commitments.

A world with more expansion, more fossil fuels and more emissions is exactly what “net zero” is designed to enable, writes climate justice organizer Amy Mann.

Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It’s the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.

The head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world economy is still dependent on fossil fuels.

Newfoundland and Labrador is hinging its financial future on the offshore oil and gas industry, but experts say that future looks murkier after recent news coming from the industry. Here's the breakdown.

RBC, Canada’s largest bank and the world’s largest fossil fuel financier, is trying to buy HSBC’s Canadian division. If approved, it would be the biggest bank merger in Canadian history.

A website or application built for less energy consumption benefits people, the planet and profit.

The controversial Line 5 pipeline can keep moving fossil fuels through an Indigenous band's territory in Wisconsin for now, but operations on that property "must cease" on June 16, 2026, a U.S. judge says.

There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Monday, June 19, 2023.