So the Paris climate deal enters into force: Then what?
Excitement is building over the likely entry into force of the UN’s climate deal – but that will only be the start of a new set of tricky negotiations
Ethanol credit spike divides gas stations
Apparently, it’s not just the nation’s refineries that are getting hit by a recent spike in the price of government credits for biofuels.
How air pollution is causing the world’s ‘Third Pole’ to melt
In discussions about melting glaciers, most people think immediately of the vast ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. But there’s another, less talked-about ice-filled region on Earth that’s also experiencing dramatic melt, with millions of humans’ livelihoods and water supply at stake.
Feds deny request to extend comment period on mpg rules
Federal regulators have denied a request from automakers to extend the period that comments can be submitted over a report showing U.S. automakers probably will miss the 54.5 miles-per-gallon fleetwide average for 2025.
Occupying the prairie: Tensions rise as tribes move to block a pipeline
People have been gathering since April, but as hundreds more poured in over the past two weeks, confrontations began rising among protesters, sheriff’s officers and construction workers with the pipeline company
Study: Man-made warming may have started decades earlier
Man-made global warming may have started a few decades earlier than scientists previously figured, a new study suggests.
Analyst: Saudi Arabia isn’t flooding oil market ahead of freeze talks
Saudi Arabia’s oil production hit a record in July, according to published statistics, and is likely to hit another in August, according to industry sources.
EPA signals it will start looking at mandating higher octane gasoline
Raising the octane in gasoline — seen as a way to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions in today’s high-tech turbocharged, direct-injected engines — looks like it will get some attention from the EPA. That’s the good news.
Iran signals more willingness for OPEC action to boost oil price
Iran is sending positive signals that it may support joint action to prop up the oil market, sources in OPEC and the oil industry said, potentially aiding efforts to revive a global deal on freezing production levels at talks next month.
A big question complicating the climate debate: Are current policies only benefiting the rich?
As Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leadership aim this month to extend the state’s targets to reduce greenhouse gases and the program that funds the effort, the fight over spending has emerged as one of the most prominent sticking points.
