Trump’s risky offshore oil strategy
As Americans flock to the nation’s beaches this summer, it is important to understand what Mr. Trump’s recent moves portend.
Archive for year: 2017
BMW to streamline car equipment levels to pay for R&D
The group is developing electric, autonomous and connected cars in addition to vehicles with combustion engines to meet more stringent emissions tests.
Subsidizing electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Subsidizing the purchase of electric cars in Canada is an inefficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is not cost effective, according to a Montreal Economic Institute study.
California bill would make up for federal electric-car incentives as they expire
The state of California has a long track record of supporting electric cars and doing everything possible to ensure plug-in vehicles can be obtained by the largest number of drivers.
Global warming might be speeding up
Two climate scientists suggest they’ve come closer to resolving a critical debate about how quickly human activity will heat up the planet. The answer isn’t good news.
A tough week for Tesla after a safety downgrade and sinking stocks
What started out as a week full of fireworks for Tesla may be turning into a dud.
Tesla slams IIHS after ‘Acceptable’ Model S test, older NHTSA ratings cited in response
The influential Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released a new round of crash-safety test results, and one of the cars tested was the Tesla Model S electric luxury hatchback sedan.
Oil, gas, and coal industries get a shocking amount of funding from the US government, a new report shows
Data came from Oil Change International’s “Shift the Subsidies Database,” which tracks public financial flow to fossil fuel industries from 2008 until the present. According to that database, the US provided $832 million annually to coal and $5 billion to oil and gas.
France to ban sales of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040
France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced.
U.S. proposes cutting total biofuels requirements in 2018
The U.S. government has proposed to reduce the volume of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel fuel next year as it signaled the first step toward a potential broader overhaul of its biofuels program.
