Fossil fuels just hit a record low in the US electricity mix last month, while solar and wind soared to all-time highs, ...

Human activity has already warmed the planet by more than one degree Celsius, fueling forest fires, exacerbating floods, ...

Fossil fuels are the product of millions of years of earth's natural processes. Learn how they are extracted, their effect on the planet, and how we can lessen our dependence on them.

In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels ...

Fossil fuels made up 31.7% and nuclear electricity almost 23%. Gas was the main fossil fuel used to generate electricity (17%), followed by coal (11.7%). A sunburst chart showing the share of ...