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Regarding your editorial “Biden Freezes U.S. Arctic Oil” (Sept. 8): One can forget that President Biden’s war on fossil fuels hasn’t quite worked out as envisioned.
When the “Peking Man” fossils went missing during World War II, the loss was considered one of the greatest tragedies in the history of paleoanthropology. After almost 80 years of searching ...
The fossil was still at the college when the air raid destroyed it during World War II. The only remaining record of the fossil was an original illustration from 1819 — or so scientists thought ...
In several industrialized countries, governments are backing away from controversial building energy legislation that sought to ban oil and gas heating and replace them with fossil-free systems ...
Russia’s war in Ukraine impacts everyone, everywhere. We’re tracking the global fallout. I am Kenneth R. Rosen, a contributing editor with Coda Story. In this edition, the war spurred an ...
In a direct challenge to fossil fuel-aligned nations, the U.N. chief said the only way to limit warming to the goal set in 2015 in Paris — 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since the start of ...
Fossil Man in Spain.. By Prof. Hugo Obermaier. (Published for the Hispanic Society of America.) Pp. xxviii + 495 + 23 plates. (New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Oxford University Press ...
World leaders at climate talks in Dubai invoked faith, science and economics in their calls for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. By David Gelles Reporting from the United Nations climate ...
Elsewhere, Jersey has committed to a ban on installing new fossil fuel boilers from January 2026, and Scotland banned gas or oil-fired boilers in April 2024. Why not follow BBC Isle of Man on ...