This past week Canada and Australia announced plans to construct superhighways in select regions. So what’s super about these highways? They’re stocked to the brim with electric vehicle charging stations, a feature that aims to encourage electric vehicle use and discourage range anxiety. Read more →
Ventura County firefighters have stopped hundreds of gallons of crude oil from flowing toward the ocean after a leak at Prince Barranca valley, officials said.
Sales are growing very quickly and many new models are coming on line, while battery technology is improving rapidly, with costs falling sharply and energy density rising.
Union Pacific plans to resume transporting crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge this week, saying federal rules trump state and local officials’ call for a moratorium on oil trains traveling through Oregon.
A judge has ruled that federal regulators lack the authority to set rules for hydraulic fracturing, dealing another setback to the Obama administration’s efforts to tighten how fossil fuels are mined.
Repurposed batteries could create a new revenue stream for EV customers. But it’s not yet clear how the buyback program will work.
At first glance, the polystyrene container buried amid the beach detritus was unremarkable. Closer inspection however yielded something jarring about this discarded filet-o-fish box.
it is more accurate to think of methanol as a synthetic fuel that can be produced from all manner of carbon based feedstock including carbon dioxide (CO2).
Drivers are actually fairly good at postponing filling up to see if they go down again. And if they don’t go down, consumers will adapt their behavior to buy less gas.
The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental hazards.
