Volkswagen to pay millions more in California for diesel scandal
Volkswagen agreed Thursday to pay California an additional $153.8 million in the carmaker’s diesel air-pollution scandal.
Archive for year: 2017
The U.S. is not ready to clean up an Arctic oil spill
No viable methods exist to clean up oil from ice and drilling would occur in incredibly remote areas
China’s verdant ‘forest city’ will fight pollution with a million plants
If tree-covered skyscrapers act like enormous air filters, this cluster of buildings will be a clean air oasis.
Porsche changes its mind on electric vehicles, plans 50 percent of its production to be electric within 6 years
It wasn’t long ago that Porsche claimed all-electric powertrains didn’t offer enough performance to reach the level that their customers expect from the premium German brand.
Clean energy is trouncing oil, gas and coal in Trump era
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry’s fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy.
Electric cars won’t save the environment
In the United States, transportation accounts for 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Most of these emissions come from burning gasoline and diesel in internal combustion engines.
What if Big Oil’s bet on gas is wrong?
“In 20 years, we will not be known as oil and gas companies, but as gas and oil companies,” Patrick Pouyanne, chief executive officer of French giant Total SA, told a conference in St. Petersburg last month.
New studies show how the 2010 gulf oil spill still starves fish at sea and plants on shore
Jeffrey Short has been asking the same question for nearly three decades: What happened to the herring?
Mexico delays next oil auction to let huge new find sink in
Mexico will delay its next offshore oilfield auctions by a month, giving international bidders more time to evaluate recent major crude discoveries that highlight the potential value of the assets.
House approves delay of Obama-era smog reductions
The House voted Tuesday to pass a Republican-backed bill delaying implementation of Obama-era reductions in smog-causing air pollutants.
