Five charts on how 2018 will make or break OPEC
And OPEC thought 2017 was tough. 2018 could be a killer.
Archive for year: 2017
Tax bill boosts oil, gas drilling — and renewable energy
The Republicans’ tax package would boost traditional forms of energy such as oil and gas while also supporting renewable energy such as wind and solar power — and even extend a hand to buyers of electric cars.
Not all of our self-driving cars will be electrically powered — here’s why
Hybrid or electric? That’s the big question in current self-driving car development. Do you build your autonomous vehicles to run purely on battery technology, or can some hybrid of gasoline and electric suffice?
How the oil industry set out to undercut clean air
On sunny days, when his classmates at St. John Bosco Elementary School run out to play, Gabriel Rosales heads to the school nurse for a dose of Albuterol.
Here’s what oil drilling looks like in the Arctic Refuge, 30 years later
The well was plugged and abandoned, and the drilling equipment and a special timber pad it sat on have long since been removed.
Marc Morial shares why air pollution as a health issue hits home
The issue of air pollution has been on our minds a lot in 2017. American cities are nothing like Delhi or Beijing, where toxic smog blankets the skyline and closes schools. But air quality is still very poor in far too many parts of the United States.
New, major evidence that fracking harms human health
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may pose a significant—but very local—harm to human health, a new study finds.
ExxonMobil gives in to shareholders on climate risk disclosure
ExxonMobil said it would publish new details about how climate change could affect its business, in a move aimed at appeasing critics and forestalling another proxy fight next year.
World Bank to cease financing upstream oil and gas after 2019
The World Bank will no longer finance upstream oil and gas projects after 2019, apart from certain gas projects in the poorest countries in exceptional circumstances, drawing praise from environmental groups.
Analysis: Lithium-ion battery packs now $209 per kwh, will fall to $100 by 2025
Today’s average lithium-ion battery-pack price of $209 per kilowatt-hour represents the lowest in history, a 24-percent decrease from a year ago and an 80-percent drop since 2010.
