The task of cleaning up the country’s toxic old well sites could be the start of a so-called just transition. But first, there’s a fundamental hurdle: Most of the companies that plug wells aren’t unionized.

J.D. Vance accidentally exposed how clueless both he and Donald Trump are about economic policy.

Fracking and corn-based ethanol have a lot in common.

Rejecting conventional wisdom is what got the party this current momentum. Don’t give it up now.

And politicians, despite their posturing, don’t care about any of them.

Pennsylvania authorities have ended a moratorium on fracking in the town of Dimock, highlighting the contradictory nature of fossil fuel politics in the region.

Grant Township has become the poster child for democracy and home rule. Its own state is fighting against it.

Landowners who lease their land to gas companies aren’t always pleased with the results.

The U.N.’s new Global Methane Report throws cold water on a longtime fossil fuel industry talking point.

The damage caused by methane emissions is even worse than we thought. Will other states now follow California’s lead?

For decades, the federal government has helped the extractive industry exploit Indigenous lands. Instead, it could support tribes that want to say “no.”

Some communities are cracking down on natural gas extraction and consumption. The industry is responding with all-out war.

Without a big push to decarbonize, economic recovery means more business for oil companies.

Rock Springs, Wyoming, sits on vast underground stores of natural gas and shale oil. But what was meant to be a blessing turned into a curse.

Biden is getting the Obama gang back together. Their old pro-shale positions were pretty bad for the climate.

The president’s latest electoral Hail Mary: He’s considering ordering federal agencies to produce a report on fracking that will emerge months after the election and which no one will read.

Why a new liberal-left coalition could be the key to unlocking America’s rural conservative vote.

The vice presidential debate put a new face of climate disinformation on display. So far, establishment Democrats seem willing to play along.

Ernest Moniz served as Obama’s secretary of energy. His ties to the fossil fuel industry have only deepened since then. Will Biden give him his old job back?

Geothermal power requires similar infrastructure and skills as fossil fuel extraction, which means laid-off oil workers could switch to greener work pretty easily.