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News Articles: fossil fuels

Youth climate activists protest on Thursday that representatives of the fossil fuel industry have been allowed inside the venue during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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  • Climate

The fossil fuel industry turned out in force at COP26. So did climate activists

More than 500 attendees from the fossil fuel industry are at the climate summit in Glasgow. Their reps have attended climate summits for decades. Some are touting a shift toward renewables.

November 12, 2021
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
A bulldozer loads coal onto railway wagons at the Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad in India's Jharkhand state.

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  • World

India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COP26 that India, the world's third-biggest carbon emitter, would go net-zero by 2070. But appetite for coal, which supplies 70% of India's power, remains high.

November 04, 2021
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  • Lauren Frayer
In this July 29, 2020 file photo, a view of a pump jack operating in an oil field in Midland, Texas.

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  • Climate

Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production

A new study by the United Nations shows that the world's governments plan to carry on using coal, gas, and oil — despite promises made under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow said Thursday that the university will move to end its investments in fossil fuel companies, though stopped short of using the word "divest."

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  • Climate

Harvard University Will Stop Investing In Fossil Fuels After Years Of Public Pressure

Harvard University says it will stop investing its $41.9 billion endowment in the fossil fuel industry, citing the threat of climate change. Activists have called on the university to do so for years.

September 10, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Workers clean a gas station damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York City. Scientists warn that 60% of world oil reserves need to stay underground to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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  • Climate

To Avoid Extreme Disasters, Most Fossil Fuels Should Stay Underground, Scientists Say

Burning fossil fuels must decline almost immediately, a new study finds, for the planet to avoid more extreme floods, droughts and heat waves.

September 09, 2021
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  • Lauren Sommer
In Wyoming, public schools such as Pinedale's middle school, face significant cuts to their budgets due to slumping oil, gas and coal prices.

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  • National

Facing A Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles With A Transition From Fossil Fuels

The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.

February 10, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler
An oil rig towers over houses last week in Nigg, Scotland. Major players in the oil industry expect depressed oil demand and low prices to continue well into next year.

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  • Business

Oil Demand Has Collapsed, And It Won't Come Back Any Time Soon

The pandemic massively reduced the world's consumption of oil. Now two influential reports suggest that this state of affairs will continue well into 2021 — if not longer.

September 15, 2020
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  • Camila Domonoske
A Nissan Leaf charges at an electric vehicle charging station in Portland, Oregon.

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  • Economy

Addition Of Electric Vehicles To City Fleet Helps Push 'Savannah Forward'

Transportation — trucks, trains, planes and automobiles — is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Electric vehicles offer a less...

July 08, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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