It Doesn’t Matter If We Never Run Out of Oil: We Won’t Want to Burn It Anymore

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Like whale oil in the 1860s, oil today has become uncompetitive — even at low prices — and that will only become truer with time.

This Town Took On Fracking and Won

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Tiny Dryden, New York, just won the right to send frackers packing.

Fracking Boom in North Dakota is Here to Stay

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A new federal study doubles previous estimates of the Bakken Shale’s oil reserves.

Charts: The Smart Money is on Renewable Energy

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Investments in solar and green power are on track to blow away fossil fuels by 2030.

Carbon Bubble Will Plunge the World Into Another Financial Crisis – Report

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Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn.

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