What if car buyers aren’t ready for electric cars, even in California?
It’s accepted wisdom among electric-car fans and advocates that within a few years, mass-market car buyers will start snapping up battery-electric cars.
Archive for year: 2018
Trump wants offshore drilling, but states are choosing wind energy
States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it.
Exxon reports on climate risk and sees almost none
The oil giant tells investors that even if Paris climate goals are met, it could still produce all the oil in its existing fields and keep investing in new reserves.
California ponders costs of decommissioning offshore oil rigs
It’s been nearly three years since an oil pipeline ruptured in Santa Barbara County, coating 7 miles of beaches with crude oil and killing dolphins, birds and sea lions.
The great crude oil fireball test
Fracking has created a wider variety of crude oils, but is one more destructive than another? There’s only one way to find out.
The oil rally is helping renewables
It may sound counterintuitive, but higher crude oil prices have proved to be a boon for the renewable energy industry, at least when it comes to adoption of clean energy solutions and products—notably electric cars
Groups sue to overturn Alaska petroleum reserve lease sale
Two new lawsuits claim that the federal government conducted petroleum lease sales without proper environmental review in a part of northern Alaska known for its wildlife.
Venezuela’s oil power vanishing, hard default fears rising
Venezuela is a failed state. Despite oil prices doubling since their lows in January 2016, the state-owned PDVSA is in no better shape.
Nissan and partners have now sold 540,000 plug-in electric vehicles
It’s now abundantly clear that the 2020s will see vastly more cars with plugs on the world’s roads than we have today.
German shock at car exhaust tests on humans and monkeys
The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes.
