How Gautam Adani Made (and Could Lose) a $147 Billion Fortune

Listen to article (2 minutes) AHMEDABAD, India—Gautam Adani is ubiquitous in this country. His name is plastered on roadside billboards and on the airports and shipping docks he operates. His power pl...

Orsted to use more fossil fuels as energy crisis continues

Jens Auer | Moment | Getty Images Energy firm Orsted is to continue or restart operations at three fossil fuel facilities after being ordered by Danish authorities to do so, as governments around Euro...

Water is a critical part of the energy mix

This image, from August 2022, shows a stretch of the Rhine in Germany, which plays a key role in the transportation of goods such as coal. Christoph Reichwein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The lin...

We’ll have to burn additional coal in the short term, CFO of RWE says

An excavator photographed at a lignite mine operated by RWE on April 8, 2022. RWE says it wants to be carbon neutral by 2040. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images The chief financial officer of Germa...

India on course to overtake China as world’s most populous country: UN

People photographed in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. According to the UN, India is home to over 1.4 billion people. Peter Adams | Stone | Getty Images India is on track to overtake China as the planet&...

Coal Makes a Comeback as the World Thirsts for Energy

An energy-starved world is turning to coal as natural-gas and oil shortages exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine lead countries back to the dirtiest fossil fuel. From the U.S. to Europe to Chin...

Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Authority. What’s Happening To Energy Stocks.

Text size The Supreme Court ruled the EPA must get clear congressional approval before making sweeping regulations to deal with climate change. George Frey/Getty Images Coal mining and oil stocks were...

Clean energy set for $1.4 trillion boost in 2022, IEA says

Coal and a wind turbine in Hohenhameln, Germany, on April 11, 2022. A number of major economies have formulated plans to reduce their reliance on Russian hydrocarbons in recent months. Mia Bucher | Pi...

Coal is a ‘stupid investment’: UN chief Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.N. Secretary General issu...

Energy-related CO2 emissions hit highest ever level in 2021: IEA

A worker cutting steel pipes near a coal-powered power station in Zhangjiakou, China, on November 12, 2021. Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Images Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to their highes...

Flooded, disused coal mines could change how our homes are heated

LONDON — The ramifications of the Industrial Revolution, which had its roots in 18th-century Britain, were huge. Britain’s abundance of coal — as well as the ease with which it could be accessed...