Fossil Fuels

The year of Trump brought challenges, but it also inspired us to seek the truth and find solutions.

Laws have banned plastic bags in some places, but taking the next steps requires overcoming some pretty major hurdles.

Fracking has led to a large increase of hydrocarbon emissions in rural areas, reversing some regional air trends.

A new essay collection, Living in the Anthropocene, dissects our vast planetary impact.

Scientist Gleb Raygorodetsky explores the millennia-old relationships between indigenous communities and their local ecosystems, and how they can help us adapt to an uncertain future.

Oil surveys in the Atlantic Ocean could harm marine life without benefiting the US economy.

Chronic neglect of energy infrastructure increases vulnerability to extreme weather.

Drilling would also harm the cultural and religious core of the Gwich’in people.

Fossil fuel development companies have abandoned their leases on more than 1 million hectares of oil sands in northern Alberta. The areas have become less desirable (and less profitable) following the worldwide plunge in crude oil prices. Even the infamous Keystone XL pipeline — which President Trump approved almost as soon as he took office — now seems to lack the necessary support for its construction. What could replace it? Oh, maybe a little thing called solar power. 

We’ll use 1.7 Earths’ worth of resources this year. Can six pledges make a difference?