Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle, is leading an effort to ensure that high octane, low carbon fuels are part of EPA’s midterm evaluation of the progress of federal fuel economy standards.
A new report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) titled “The Economic Consequences of Air Pollution” states that air pollution could be responsible for between 6 to 9 million premature deaths by the year 2060.
A government official says that it would be best if all new cars sold in Germany were emissions free by 2030 to help meet pollution reduction goals.
Nissan has announced its intention to create a fuel-cell vehicle powered by ethanol instead of the traditional hydrogen. Nissan executive vice president Hideyuki Sakamoto cited a few reasons for the move towards ethanol:
America’s renewed love affair with driving could reshape the U.S. ethanol industry.
A major new study has linked air pollution to increased mental illness in children, even at low levels of pollution.
Ultra Petroleum Corp. was a shale success story. A former penny stock that made the big leagues, it was worth almost $15 billion at its 2012 peak. Then came the bust.
While engine builders of all ilk have been asking for higher-octane pump gas since the first guy discovered what pre-detonation does to everything you love, the OEMs are now leveraging the 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions targets as cause for increasing the octane rating for U.S. gasoline.
The former president of Shell Oil sits down with the oil-and-gas magnate T. Boone Pickens to talk about the growing demand for oil around the globe. “I would say that as the world consumes more oil,” Hofmeister said, “we’ll never have enough oil for everybody, and that we’ve got to have natural gas as a transportation fuel.”
A new energy era is upon us: For the first time since 1979, America’s cars, trucks, and airplanes emit more carbon dioxide than its power plants do.
