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 ...

A ruling for Boulder could open the door to a wave of local lawsuits with major consequences for US energy producers and consumers.

The extraction, transportation and burning of planet-heating fossil fuels have a huge impact on people's health that starts before they are born and lasts until they die, a report warned Tuesday.

Producing energy to power our societies and help them develop sustainably is essential, but it also has impacts on the natural world. Burning fossil fuels is irrevocably destabilising our climate, ...

The debate over fossil fuels has produced a narrative that is long on rhetoric and short on realism. Those who argue for a complete transition from coal, natural gas and oil ask us to do what John ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about energy issues and our world. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague thrust itself ...

It keeps getting harder to find and extract fossil fuels. Renewable technology lowers costs far faster than technology improves fossil fuel cost due to Wright’s law. People don’t like the negative ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new analysis finds that tropical forests in 68 countries sit atop fossil fuel deposits that, if extracted, would emit 317 billion metric tons of ...

Germany presented a roadmap to phase out coal, oil and natural gas by 2045, aiming to reduce dependence on imported fuel.

At the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Germany announced its roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels "no later than 2045".

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 ...

Germany sets out a plan to phase out coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification.