Jack Caporal is the Research Director for The Motley Fool and Motley Fool Money. Jack leads efforts to identify and analyze trends shaping investing and personal financial decisions across the United ...

A new Policy Brief from The Heartland Institute offers a comprehensive evaluation of seven primary electricity generation sources: biomass, coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, solar, and wind, and ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its 2024 World Energy Outlook, an annual market forecast regarded as the authoritative standard for global energy analysis. This year's report ...

It doesn’t take a lot of energy to dig up coal or pump oil from the ground. By contrast, most renewable sources of energy involve obtaining and refining resources, sophisticated manufacturing, and ...

The emergence of renewable energy like wind and solar as a viable alternative to oil, gas and other fossil fuels has raised critical questions about which form of power offers the best value today — a ...

Geothermal energy is a clean and reliable renewable energy source that has the potential to generate electricity 24/7. The new US administration's support for geothermal could streamline permitting, ...

Nuclear energy has been receiving a lot of positive attention given the immense benefits and potential to resolve our world’s energy infrastructure challenges. With growing global energy needs, ...

The "power of the Earth" provides some of the most sustainable energy options. Some of the most established universities in the country are switching to sustainable energy to power their campuses in ...

Nonrenewable energy sources like fossil fuels are being depleted and will eventually run out. 91% of U.S. energy in 2023 came from nonrenewable sources including petroleum and natural gas. Despite ...

An oil pumping jack and wind turbines in a field in Nolan, Texas, in April 2025. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views on ...