If a paper published on Thursday correctly estimates the cost of extracting carbon dioxide from the air, regulators could do better to concentrate on that technology rather than on forcing vehicle electrification.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that carbon dioxide levels averaged 411.25 parts per million in May at the federal Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, up from 409.65 a year ago.
“Civilization requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilization,” the pope told the more than two-dozen leaders at the event.
New research has shown that the United States continues to subsidize the production and consumption of fossil fuels to the tune of $27 billion, despite repeated pledges since 2009 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
A day after a tentative agreement to overhaul U.S. biofuel policy appeared to collapse amid farm-state concerns, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met to discuss the issue with the lead senator pushing for the changes: Ted Cruz.
The industry has once again reached the lowest levels yet in both smog-forming and global warming emissions from new vehicles. Unfortunately, this record-setting trend in progress also shows some indications of slowing down.
They have made that abundantly clear. So it is by no means a given they will cut production at the meeting at the end of June.
The administration says that drilling in the refuge is an important component of their so-called “energy dominance” strategy, necessary to bolster our nation’s energy portfolio. But that claim simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
California and the auto industry mostly agree that the state should maintain a role in setting vehicle emissions standards despite Trump administration efforts to curb its authority, according to the head of the California Air Resources Board.
The Trump administration has indefinitely delayed a proposed overhaul of U.S. biofuels policy aimed at reducing costs for the oil industry, under pressure from corn state lawmakers who worry the move would undermine demand for ethanol, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
