Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Each year, the Statistical Review of World Energy offers ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal and energy workers during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on ...

NEW YORK >> Global jet fuel demand is poised to soften as a slowdown in consumer spending hits travel budgets, a shift that could weigh on oil prices in the months ahead. Global oil demand has ...

Global coal consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to 8.77 billion metric tons as global electricity demand outpaced the expansion of renewable energy. Despite its contribution to ...

Non-alcoholic beer grew by 9% globally in 2024, even as the total volume of alcoholic beverages declined by 1%. It is projected to surpass ale this year and become the second-largest beer category in ...

The International Energy Agency said oil demand is projected to contract by 80,000 barrels per day in 2026.

Professor Kenzo Kaifu and Research Fellow Hiromi Shiraishi of Chuo University, together with Professor Yu-Shan Han of National Taiwan University, conducted the world’s first quantitative study to ...

Natural gas has become the indispensable backbone of modern energy systems, fueling power plants, heating homes, driving industry, and connecting continents via LNG, despite pressures to decarbonize.

China Dominates Global Fruit Consumption (Image Credits: Flickr) China leads the world in total fruit consumption, consuming more fruit than any other nation largely due to its massive population. The ...

Global meat consumption has quadrupled since 1961, both in per capita and absolute terms. A 2021 study published in the National Library of Medicine shows that around 80 billion animals are ...

Washington, DC / Bangalore, India — A new study highlights recent, but fluctuating, growth in global human antibiotic consumption, one of the main drivers of growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

While global alcohol consumption softened in 2024, one category is gaining ground — and fast. Nonalcoholic beer volume grew by 9% worldwide last year, even as total beverage alcohol volume declined by ...