China considers dialing back or delaying electric car quota
China is considering dialing back or delaying proposed measures aimed at pushing automakers to produce more electric vehicles, after industry feedback that the targets are overly ambitious.
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Pope Francis was offered a Tesla Model S or a Nissan Leaf; he chose the Leaf
While Catholicism advocates to end poverty, the Vatican is known for its excessive luxury. The current Pope has been known for not indulging, or at least less so than previous Popes, in the luxurious lifestyle.
The cheap resource that worries oil shale drillers
The rising cost of fracking sand shows how drillers of oil and gas are facing rising costs and capacity constraints
China to replace 70,000 gasoline cabs with electric cars
The country that is now the world’s largest new-car market already offers generous purchase incentives for electric cars bought by individuals.
EPA to reopen 2022-2025 auto-emission rule decision: report
According to numerous recent reports, the EPA is expected to reopen the commenting period for vehicle-emission rules it finalized in January, more than a year ahead of schedule.
Hacked: Energy industry’s controls provide an alluring target for cyber attacks
As national attention focuses on Russian cyberattacks aimed at influencing the last presidential election, oil and gas companies face increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and manipulate industrial sensors and operations.
Southern California clean-air plan up for vote
Southern California regulators on Friday approved a 15-year blueprint for cleaning up the region’s smoggy air as it faces a looming federal deadline and a troubling rise in lung-searing days.
Air quality data shows pollution from Torrance refinery far higher than others in Southern California
Over the past four years, the Torrance refinery has released more pollution into the air via unplanned flaring than the six other oil refineries in Southern California combined, according to data just released by the region’s air quality watchdog.
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
California weighs tougher emissions rules for gas-powered garden equipment
Those gas-powered leaf blowers, hedge trimmers and mowers you hear in your neighborhood aren’t just annoying — they make a lot of pollution, too.
