Fossil Fuels

The U.S. Forest Service announced revisions to its oil and gas leasing rules today that the agency promises “modernizes and...

In the eyes of many Texans, this weekend’s freezing weather was a test.  How the state’s independent electric grid fared...

Planet China: Fourteenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. QADIRABAD, Pakistan—Only...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood with Dr. Vanessa...

CHILDERSBURG, Ala.—At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, there were few questions and fewer answers.  Despite the lack of public detail about...

RICHMOND, Va.— Virginia’s newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took action Thursday that creates a pathway for Virginia to...

There is a sense of deja vu in the jungles of South America to the Trump Administration’s calls for private...

As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of...

Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. WINKLER COUNTY, Texas—The first sign...

Rising electricity costs and the rapid build-out of energy-hungry data centers across the mid-Atlantic region brought a bipartisan group of...