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Fossil Fuels

 
Fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — currently provide more than 85 percent of all the energy consumed in the U.S., nearly two-thirds of its electricity, and virtually all of its transportation fuels. Moreover, it is likely that the nation's reliance on fossil fuels to power an expanding economy will actually increase over at least the next two decades even with aggressive development and deployment of new renewable and nuclear technologies.
 
The U.S. Department of Energy is working on such priority projects as pollution-free coal plants, more productive oil and gas fields and the continuing readiness of federal emergency oil stockpiles. (Source: DOE / Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Fossil Fuels

  • Report: 10-degree heat rise possible by 2100

    Tue, Nov 06 2012 at 4:24 PM

    World leaders have pledged to limit the rise to 3.6 degrees, but a new study finds global temperatures could increase 10.8 degrees by century's end.

  • Plastic power: Aviator plans intercontinental trip using plastics for fuel

    Fri, Oct 12 2012 at 11:20 AM

    Jeremy Rowsell will fly a Cessna from Australia to England using diesel made from discarded plastics.

  • Shell puts Arctic ambitions on ice

    Mon, Sep 17 2012 at 2:15 PM

    The company has decided not to drill for Alaska's offshore oil and gas deposits this year, but it still plans to relaunch the controversial effort next summer.

  • Shell begins offshore drilling in Alaska

    Mon, Sep 10 2012 at 3:45 PM

    The Dutch oil giant is drilling 'pilot holes' off Alaska's northwest coast, an early step in its quest for petroleum deposits hidden deep below the seabed.

  • Secrets of the congestion lobby

    Thu, Aug 09 2012 at 10:07 AM

    The highway lobby tells Congress what to do, but that doesn't stop critics from accusing environmentalists, urban planners and rail advocates of ruining the country and hating the all-American automobile.

  • What do America's car buyers want?

    Mon, Jul 16 2012 at 3:51 PM

    One day consumers are giving up their SUVs, and the next day they want them back. It's enough to drive an auto company CEO crazy. The bottom line: Watch what consumers do, not what they say.

  • Offshore drilling 'likely' in Arctic, feds say

    Wed, Jun 27 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Oil exploration will probably begin in Alaskan waters this summer, according to a top U.S. official, with more lease sales likely in the next four years.

  • Does 'fracking' need a new name?

    Fri, Jun 01 2012 at 11:57 AM

    The slang for hydraulic fracturing sounds dirty and disconcerting — and now a study finds it even curbs support for the controversial gas-drilling technique.

  • IEA: Pollution threatens 'golden age of gas'

    Tue, May 29 2012 at 3:24 PM

    Fracking for shale gas may be dangerous, but the international agency offers a list of rules it says can make the process 'environmentally acceptable.'

  • Vermont becomes first state to ban fracking

    Thu, May 17 2012 at 11:16 AM

    It may be a largely symbolic victory for environmentalists, but many critics of hydraulic fracturing hope it will set an example for other states to follow.

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