New look at near-disaster at California refinery raises questions about safety
It’s been nearly two years since Nadia Levine fielded the frantic calls — the first one from her husband, the next from a co-worker.
It’s been nearly two years since Nadia Levine fielded the frantic calls — the first one from her husband, the next from a co-worker.
OPEC has delivered more than 90 percent of pledged oil output curbs in January, according to figures the exporter group uses to monitor its supply, making a strong start to implementation of its first production cut in eight years.
In a stunningly public rebuke for a typically buttoned-up company, Volkswagen issued a statement Wednesday afternoon denying the accusations and assailing former chairman Ferdinand Piech for alleging that ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn and other executives knew about possible emissions cheating.
Viewed from the United States, Volkswagen’s “Dieselgate” scandal is a tale of massive legal settlements but minor environmental impacts.
Tesla Inc. says it will shut down production at its California assembly plant for a week this month to prepare for production of its high-volume Model 3 sedan, moving the company closer to meeting its target to start production in July.
Oil giant Shell is to launch a bid to leave the 10 vast concrete legs of three oil rigs standing in the North Sea for up to 500 years after the platforms have been decommissioned.
Tesla, with its stock breaking out Tuesday, had the best-selling electric vehicle for the past two years in a relatively small market, but General Motors, Ford and others are racing for the lead as China pumps on the gas.
When Tesla revealed the Model 3 last year, reports suggested it would have a claimed range of up to 300 miles on an 80 kWh battery pack. Now we know why the sedan won’t have the larger 100 kWh battery pack available on Tesla’s Model S and X: it’s too small.
Those aren’t just towers—they’re enormous, verdant air filters for smog-choked cities.
Mexico’s driving curbs were extended to Saturdays back in 2008 with an analysis carried out beforehand indicating that nitrogen oxides and large particulates would decline by 16%.