EPA reverses course on ozone rule
The Trump administration said late Wednesday that it would not delay an Obama-era regulation on smog-forming pollutants from smokestacks and tailpipes, a move that environmental groups hailed as a victory.
Archive for month: August, 2017
Venezuela said to prepare Plan B should U.S. ban oil imports
About a third of all oil produced in Venezuela is processed at American refineries on the Gulf Coast. Shipments to the U.S. were worth about $12 billion last year.
Proposed California electric vehicle initiative would drive EV sales with $3 billion in incentives
A bill co-sponsored by AEE would establish an ambitious program to stimulate EV purchases.
Q&A with Robin Vercruse, Fuel Freedom’s VP of policy and environment
“Biofuels can play a significant role for reducing carbon intensity in transportation, provided the politics and/or economics don’t derail their viability. Those hurdles are significant.”
How oil can break the back of Venezuelan despotism
Paired with sanctions on individual human rights abusers, an oil embargo has the best chance of reversing the Maduro regime’s behavior.
Burning fossil fuels almost ended all life on Earth
We do know that something apocalyptic was unfolding then, when the Earth suffered a catastrophe that nearly sterilized the planet.
Carmakers say Trump should want a deal to boost U.S. fuel economy
The automaker trade group that urged President Donald Trump to review tougher U.S. fuel economy rules now says the industry, federal government and state of California should all want to do a deal to increase standards because of public support.
Proposed EPA fuel standards get mixed reviews
Farm-state and renewable energy industry officials expressed concern that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was “backpedaling” on future advanced biofuel production.
Trump is reneging on his promise to the Midwest, biofuel industry says
He pledged to defend ethanol at an Iowa rally in June. Then his EPA proposed the first-ever cut in the renewable fuel mandates.
U.S. shale boom less potent than expected, new data show
In a monthly report on Monday, the Energy Department said the nation’s daily output rose 0.6 percent to 9.17 million barrels in May, well below its original forecast of 9.32 million for that month.
