Fossil Fuels

Oil and gas companies have approved $50bn of major projects since 2018, undermining climate targets and risking shareholder returns, think tank finds

Prominent funder of climate sceptic and anti-regulation lobby groups died from advanced prostate cancer

Institution commits to selling its remaining £2.8m holdings in fossil fuel companies by 2022 following pressure from student campaigners

Draft strategy suggests end to funding projects reliant on fossil fuels by 2020 in bid to place bank at the leading edge of the low-carbon transition

Renewables produced more power than fossil fuels in first six months of 2018 and 2019, according to analysts EnAppSys

Renewables are fast catching up with fossil fuels on the amount of energy they yield compared to how much they require to build and operate, scientists say

Two more institutions vow to sell their shares in fossil fuel companies, just a day after National Trust pledged to divest

A new scientific study lays out what must happen immediately for any hope of limiting global warming to 1.5C

Latest Carbon Tracker report provides fresh evidence energy sector is exposed to billions of dollars of transition risk as the world pivots to a low carbon economy

With Greenpeace backing a judicial review into the Capacity Market suspension, hopes are fading fast that auctions could go ahead this year - and that implications for coal and clean tech alike