Fossil fuels
Vox’s coverage of fossil fuel policy and its impact on the global climate crisis.
Are we paying for infrastructure we won’t need?
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
Around the world, energy is becoming abundant — there’s just one problem.
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
Imagine we had cheap and abundant energy. Some radical ideas are actually within our reach.
A wild idea would treat carbon waste like cash. It could save the climate.
And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.
The budget bill sabotages one of the biggest growth sectors of the US economy.
Fossil fuel sites can emit a powerful greenhouse gas long after they shut down.
Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.
China may have met an important climate goal — ahead of schedule.
The administration’s attack on nature, explained by a dancing chicken.
Where current policies and trends could do real damage to climate progress.
Even the most determined opposition can’t stop the clean energy revolution.
Trump wants to reverse years of climate progress. It won’t be easy.
The future for our planet looks bleak. Here’s why it’s not.
In the oil-rich Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush lizard faces extinction. Will Trump do it in?
Greenhouse gas emissions are higher than ever as key leaders threaten to walk away from this year’s UN climate talks.
A reader asks whether the latest developments in clean energy technology can help save the planet. We break it down.
Claudia Sheinbaum, la nueva presidenta, ya está remodelando su industria energética.
Cuba’s energy crisis is decades in the making.
The strategy comes at a cost for the planet.
Nicolás Maduro has presided over Venezuela’s economic decline — while increasing his authoritarian tendencies.
Biden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it.
In the age of electric vehicles, the hybrid is still a contender.
Despite record power demand, the grid largely avoided blackouts. Don’t take this for granted.
Companies like ConocoPhillips are banking on a future filled with oil.
Democrats say climate change is a priority. The DNC platform dropped its demand to end subsidies to dirty energy.
The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.
Oil and gas companies were already facing structural problems before Covid-19 and are in long-term decline.
Divestment is one of the fastest-growing movements in the fight against climate change. It’s only getting started.
The university is cutting fossil fuels from its $80 billion portfolio because of their financial risk.
We can’t take on climate change without properly pricing coal, oil, and natural gas. But it’s a huge political challenge.
Costa Rica is moving toward carbon neutrality faster than any other country in the world.
A new paper makes the case for supply-side climate policy.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
The appointments, the policies, the rhetoric — it is not subtle.
If we mean what we say, no more new fossil fuels, anywhere.
Defending supply restrictions against the disdain of climate wonks.
There’s reason to be optimistic about wind and solar, but don’t go overboard.