Op-ed: Keep California’s Zero-Emissions Vehicle Program going strong
After years of steady progress to reduce car emissions and bring cleaner vehicles to the road, California is now facing an uncertain future.
California upholds emissions standards, setting up face-off with Trump
California’s clean-air agency voted on Friday to push ahead with stricter emissions standards for cars and trucks, setting up a potential legal battle with the Trump administration over the state’s plan to reduce planet-warming gases.
Smog-hit Beijing plans ‘green necklace’ to block pollution
Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei will plant trees, establish green belts and make use of rivers and wetlands to create a “green necklace” to protect China’s smog-hit capital from pollution, the Hebei government said on Thursday.
Oil theft ‘provides billions for terrorists and drug cartels’
Mexican drug gangs can earn $90,000 in seven minutes from tapping a pipeline of refined oil, while insurgents in Nigeria financially benefit from a share of the third of the country’s refined oil exports that is lost to theft, says the Atlantic Council.
Saudi Arabia’s oil supremacy falters
The world’s biggest crude exporter is rejiggering its long-held strategy of clinging to market share.
As Trump targets energy rules, oil companies downplay their impact
President Donald Trump’s White House has said his plans to slash environmental regulations will trigger a new energy boom and help the United States drill its way to independence from foreign oil.
California passes nation’s toughest methane emission regulations
California air quality officials have approved what are widely considered to be the most rigorous and comprehensive regulations in the country for controlling methane emissions, a move that helps cement the state’s status as a standard-bearer for environmental protection.
These Google Street View cars just got a new job — spotting harmful methane leaks in big cities
A new partnership among scientists, environmentalists and technology experts is helping to reveal leaks in urban natural gas pipelines. And they’re hoping their efforts could help cities cut down on accidental emissions of methane, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases.
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.
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.
