Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Errol Schweizer has the essential take on the grocery industry. Think about going to the grocery store, and anything that you're ...

Many investors believe that fossil fuels are essential for strong retirement investment returns. But is that actually true? In this article, we test that assumption—comparing the performance of ...

Activists protest against fossil fuels on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images ...

More than 50 countries are meeting in Colombia for the first international conference on phasing out fossil fuels.

It doesn’t take a lot of energy to dig up coal or pump oil from the ground. By contrast, most renewable sources of energy involve obtaining and refining resources, sophisticated manufacturing, and ...

As negotiators work to agree on a final text, attention has turned to a fundamental question: Will the talks call for a phaseout of fossil fuels? By David Gelles Lisa Friedman and Vivian Nereim Gelles ...

Moving people and goods around the world requires a lot of energy, and 95 percent of that comes from burning fossil fuels. As a result, the transportation sector contributes roughly a quarter of the ...

In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry are driving interlinked crises that threaten ...

Banks, governments, and businesses would face failure due to the essential role of fossil fuels in the economy. Critical infrastructure like electricity, internet, and trade systems would collapse ...

Even now, decades after we first began trying to avert the worst of global warming, more than 80% of the world’s total energy comes from fossil fuels. You might think this would make fossil fuel ...