The island where Chinese tourists flee to escape the smog
Most people hit the beach to relax and soak up the sun. Hainan offers an added attraction: the cleanest air in all of China.
Dakota Access Pipeline now has oil beneath Missouri River, company says
The Dakota Access pipeline developer said Monday that it has placed oil in the pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota and that it’s preparing to put the pipeline into service.
China poised to take lead on climate after Trump’s move to undo policies
For years, the Obama administration prodded, cajoled and beseeched China to make commitments to limit the use of fossil fuels to try to slow the global effects of climate change.
In setback for Exxon, Texas judge kicks climate change case to New York
The oil company loses its home court advantage before a sympathetic judge who has voiced skepticism over the climate fraud investigations by state attorneys general.
Paris and London mayors announce plan to gauge car emissions
The mayors of Paris and London announced a new scheme for monitoring emissions from vehicles on Wednesday, aimed at improving air quality in the two capitals.
We don’t know the environmental effects of junking half a million Volkswagen diesels
If Volkswagen can’t find a fix to its cheating TDI diesels, the cars will have to be “responsibly recycled,” which is just another way of saying they’re going to the junkyard
One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor
The idea is that climate change doesn’t merely increase the overall likelihood of heat waves, say, or the volume of rainfall — it also changes the flow of weather itself.
UPS makes massive $90M investment in nat-gas vehicles, refueling infrastructure
In its latest commitment to sustainability, UPS has announced plans to build an additional six CNG fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet – representing a more than $90 million investment in natural gas.
Paris accord could make the world $19 trillion richer
Investments in renewable power and energy efficiency will add about 0.8 percent to global gross domestic product by 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency, or Irena, says in a report produced for the German government.
Trump signs executive order unwinding Obama climate policies
President Trump signed on Tuesday a much-anticipated executive order intended to roll back most of President Barack Obama’s climate-change legacy, celebrating the move as a way to promote energy independence and to restore thousands of lost coal industry jobs.
