Ignore politicians: Weakened fuel-economy rules don’t create jobs, analyst says
A common refrain among critics of current and future fuel-economy standards is that the need to comply with them produces job cuts in the auto industry.
Archive for year: 2017
Op-ed: Weakened fuel standards wrong turn
As industry leaders gathered in Detroit last week for a conference on vehicle fuel economy, the Trump administration has said it is poised to roll back the standards that make cars go farther on less gas and save consumers money.
Repeal of Obama drilling rule stalls in the Senate
Despite support from Senate leadership and the oil and gas industry, the methane legislation has not come up for a vote in the Senate, and its future there is uncertain.
Researchers test hotter, faster and cleaner way to fight oil spills
The invention, the Flame Refluxer, is “very simple,” says Ali Rangwala, a professor of fire protection engineering: Imagine a giant Brillo pad of copper wool sandwiched between layers of copper screen, with springy copper coils attached to the top.
How climate change covered China in smog
When smog gets bad, the air becomes more than a coolness on your skin or a haze on the horizon. When smog gets bad, you can taste it.
5 ways to think about the remarkable slowdown in global CO2 emissions
For much of the past century, the rate at which humans pumped carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increased inexorably year after year, and it seemed like we’d never make any progress on this big honking climate change problem.
Column: The California-U.S. brawl over auto emissions has begun
U.S. automakers consistently have been great at grousing about safety and environmental regulations; in fact, that may be the only thing they’ve consistently been great at.
Hate SUVs? Too late
The war between traditional passenger cars and their high-rise, roided-up cousins is all but over — and SUVs won.
2 bills in Oregon Legislature aim to curb, prevent oil-train disasters
Native Americans, environmentalists and a fishing guide spoke out Monday in support of two bills that aim to prevent, or at least mitigate, an ecological disaster like an oil spill into the Columbia River.
Scientists use solar power to produce hydrogen from biomass
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a technique that uses solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass.
