California has eight of 10 most polluted U.S. cities
Forget the Golden State. California should be called the Smoggy State.
Trump targets smog standards, ordering EPA to make it easier for companies to comply
President Trump took aim at federal air quality standards Thursday, directing the Environmental Protection Agency to relax restrictions on state governments and businesses that have been key to cutting smog.
Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn
Ground rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds.
Quietly, Trump officials and California seek a deal on car emissions
Officials from the Trump administration and the State of California, who have been negotiating behind the scenes on car emissions standards, are expected to reopen talks that could preserve rules targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency for elimination
Indonesia declares state of emergency as oil spill spreads
Indonesia has declared a state of emergency to help stop a deadly oil spill spreading off the coast of the island of Borneo.
EPA moves to cut Obama’s auto mileage rules
The Trump administration announced that fuel-efficiency regulations for cars and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised, beginning a process sought by the U.S. auto industry to pare anti-pollution targets.
EPA prepares to roll back rules requiring cars to be cleaner and more efficient
The Trump administration is expected to launch an effort in coming days to weaken greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for automobiles, handing a victory to car manufacturers and giving them ammunition to potentially roll back industry standards worldwide.
‘Ready Player One’ envisions a world without oil
Imagine a world where a global energy crisis has left us without cars to drive. Motor vehicles sit abandoned in junk piles, and on the sides of roads, because there is no more oil left to fuel them.
Courtroom science lab: Federal judge tutored in climate change
Opponents in a lawsuit rarely find themselves in the same corner of a legal boxing match. In federal court here Wednesday, though, the gloves stayed on: Leading climate change experts and oil industry representatives largely agreed our planet is warming, our seas rising.
Electric cars are becoming increasingly greener in the US thanks to a cleaner electric grid
The argument that electric vehicles are just as polluting as gas-powered vehicles because they consume electricity produced from polluting sources like coal plants has been debunked on many occasions at this point.
