Here’s how easy it is to sabotage America’s energy grid
All it took was a pair of bolt cutters and the elbow grease of a few climate activists to carry out an audacious act of sabotage on North America’s massive oil and gas pipeline system.
Archive for year: 2016
Huge Alaska oil discovery fuels debate over state support for energy industry
A huge oil discovery in Alaska has put into stark relief the state’s battle over the government role in promoting fossil fuel exploration and financially supporting the energy industry.
Human-caused warming doubled how much of the West has burned since 1984
Scientists have long said that climate change has made wildfires worse in the West — but how much worse? Twice as bad, according to a new study.
As tensions rise, tribes protesting pipeline dig in: ‘We’re staying’
As the first deep freeze looms, many are bracing for a long fight as the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline races to finish the $3.7 billion project by January, and thousands of protesters tucked into tents, tepees and trailers in prairie camps vow to stop it.
Get ready to say farewell to a lot of electric cars
We are nearing the beginning of what I’m calling the “second great electric-car extinction.”
EVs in Europe: Hopes up, sales down
Sales of battery electric vehicles in Western Europe fell for the fourth month in a row, an analysis of a respected European industry publication says.
Chevy’s making a hydrogen-powered pickup for the U.S. Army
Working with the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC), GM has built what may be the baddest pickup yet.
German lawmakers vote to ban the internal combustion engine
The modern internal combustion engine first came from Germany and now Germany wants to put a nail in its coffin
Range is all the rage in Paris, as electric cars steal the show
For perhaps the first time at a major international auto salon, the stars of the Paris Motor Show are electric cars.
Tesla to unveil new product on Oct. 17
Elon Musk didn’t elaborate on his announcement, issued on Twitter, but said the product is “unexpected by most.”
