Oil is tanking, and that’s great
The lower cost of gasoline is effectively putting $100 billion a year extra into the pockets of American consumers.
Archive for year: 2015
U.S. oil settles at $35.62 a barrel, plunges over 10% for week
U.S. oil futures settled lower on Friday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that global oversupply of crude could worsen next year.
U.S. lawmakers press oil companies on what they knew about climate change
A contingent of powerful U.S. representatives are pressing the chief executives of six of the country’s largest fossil fuel companies to answer questions about when the companies first understood that burning fossil fuels drives climate change and whether they became active partners in an effort to downplay the harm that could result.
Volkswagen: Engineers couldn’t meet U.S. emissions laws
Volkswagen investigators have determined that engineers cheated U.S. emissions tests in part because they could not figure out how to meet the standards, the company said.
The Paris climate talks are going much better than expected
Round-the-clock negotiations are currently underway in Paris with perhaps the boldest goal of any international summit of world leaders in history: a comprehensive plan to transition the world economy away from fossil fuels and prevent catastrophic climate change.
The radical idea that’s gaining momentum at the Paris climate talks
Even as some experts are questioning the extent to which it’s even possible, more and more voices at the U.N. climate change conference here are standing up for at least trying to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, rather than the more commonly cited 2 degrees C.
Confidence in oil hub security shaken by Oklahoma earthquakes
The ground is shaking near Cushing, Okla., home to the largest commercial crude oil storage center in North America.
The assault on climate science
Rep. Lamar Smith is using his committee chairmanship to go after the government’s own climate scientists, whose latest study is an inconvenience to his views.
Did the Governator just come up with a Republican-proof argument on climate change?
Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a note on Facebook on Monday that made a very good point about climate change and renewable energy: It really doesn’t matter what you believe.
Despite push for cleaner cars, sheer numbers could work against climate benefits
Given the limitations of electric cars so far — including their limited range between charges — many experts predict that most of the billion additional cars predicted to be on the road in 2030 will have internal combustion engines that spew greenhouse gases.
