Negotiators were divided Friday on the last day of fire-delayed UN climate talks, as Europe rejected COP30 host Brazil's latest draft agreement which lacks a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. At ...

Two years after nations agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, dozens are pushing to go even further at the COP30 climate summit, setting up a showdown with oil powers. The fires were lit when ...

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record. In 2025, Earth was 1.44°C warmer than the long-term average, perilously close to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C. This warming ...

Nov. 22 (UPI) --No agreements were made to phase out the global use of fossil fuels during the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Brazil that ended on Saturda, but discussions to draft one will ...

The University of Oregon's new partnership with the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is sparking criticism over increased ...

Markets have moved on from fossil fuels. Politics hasn’t.

As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate ...

It’s all about fossil fuels, folks. Today’s a good day to remember it took 28 COP editions for these two magic words to make it into an official text. When they did, in 2023 in Dubai, it was as part ...

Fights over fossil fuels and money appear to have deadlocked the COP30 climate talks, as negotiations ran through the night with no sign of an agreement. Talks were meant to wrap up by 18:00 local ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference to address climate change does not mention fossil fuels, which are the largest contributor to the problem. The ...

TAGANGA, Colombia – On Colombia's Caribbean coast, a fishing village lies in a cove where green hills meet the turquoise sea. A few years ago, oil companies found natural gas off the coast and now ...

New climate data shows 2025 was the planet’s third‑hottest year on record, continuing an unprecedented warming streak. Scientists say the rise is driven mainly by burning fossil fuels, which trap heat ...