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<title>Our World in Data - Fossil Fuels</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline"/>
    <published>2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f646c710-73dc-4854-dd55-6be7ecc11200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels"/>
    <published>2025-01-27T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/58092c37-e5b8-42af-8d79-60234c162400/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Solar and wind power is growing quickly in Poland, but coal still dominates</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates"/>
    <published>2024-12-25T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/61093545-b6dd-4b72-eea7-c0549565b900/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>The United States is the world’s largest oil producer</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-united-states-is-the-worlds-largest-oil-producer</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-united-states-is-the-worlds-largest-oil-producer"/>
    <published>2024-11-21T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-united-states-is-the-worlds-largest-oil-producer"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b5e05ff9-4c3f-4b78-458a-b634a74c0e00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>What’s the difference between mineral reserves and resources?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/reserve-vs-resource</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/reserve-vs-resource"/>
    <published>2024-07-29T11:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Every reserve is a resource, but not every resource is a reserve.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/reserve-vs-resource"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/923105f3-85d6-4c1d-323f-5236f89ea600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>When will countries phase out coal power?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/coal-phase-out</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/coal-phase-out"/>
    <published>2021-11-04T12:10:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Which countries have committed to phasing out coal power?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/coal-phase-out"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e5696ff0-e0b6-4939-745c-be0403d19e00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>The death of UK coal in five charts</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/death-uk-coal</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/death-uk-coal"/>
    <published>2019-01-28T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Coal is almost dead in the place where it all began<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/death-uk-coal"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e0b7025e-77c0-4765-56cc-04ba62364a00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Fossil fuels</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels"/>
    <published>2017-10-02T05:40:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Fossil fuels were key to industrialization and rising prosperity, but their impact on health and the climate means that we should transition away from them.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/bbe92ef5-80d8-4585-62b3-a8ab4c04c200/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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