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Fossil fuels

Vox's coverage of fossil fuel policy and its impact on the global climate crisis.

The oil industry’s cynical gamble on Arctic drilling

By Rebecca Leber September 8

Who gets to keep burning fossil fuels as the planet heats up?

By Umair Irfan November 30, 2022

Renewable energy, explained (to kids)

By Vox Staff August 27, 2022

Fight climate change. End fossilflation. Here’s how.

By Rebecca Leber August 12, 2022

The long-shot campaign to get big banks out of fossil fuels

By Rebecca Leber April 29, 2022

The world’s biggest banks have pumped trillions into fossil fuel projects in the past 5 years

By Jariel Arvin March 26, 2021

How to spot the tricks Big Oil uses to subvert action on climate change

By Jariel Arvin February 1, 2021

Norway’s trillion-dollar wealth fund sold the last of its investments in fossil fuel companies

By Jariel Arvin January 29, 2021

Democrats have made a puzzling decision to drop their demand to end fossil fuel subsidies

By Umair Irfan August 19, 2020

How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly

By David Roberts August 6, 2020

Coronavirus stimulus money will be wasted on fossil fuels

By David Roberts June 29, 2020

Why climate activists disrupted the Harvard-Yale football game

By Umair Irfan November 23, 2019

The University of California system is ending its investment in fossil fuels

By Umair Irfan September 18, 2019

Fossil fuels are underpriced by a whopping $5.2 trillion

By Umair Irfan May 17, 2019

Costa Rica has an ambitious new climate policy — but no, it’s not banning fossil fuels

By Umair Irfan July 17, 2018

It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels

By David Roberts May 31, 2018

The world’s bleak climate situation, in 3 charts

By David Roberts May 1, 2018

Donald Trump is handing the federal government over to fossil fuel interests

By David Roberts June 14, 2017

No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously

By David Roberts April 29, 2017

Is there any point in trying to restrict fossil fuel supplies? A new paper says yes.

By David Roberts October 29, 2015

Clean energy is growing fast — but it's not yet winning the race against fossil fuels

By Brad Plumer April 15, 2015

How to stop global warming, in 7 steps

By Brad Plumer November 2, 2014

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