Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has been talking directly with oil companies in hopes of reaching a consensus on extending California’s landmark climate programs, opening a back channel with an industry the governor has harshly criticized as a barrier to addressing global warming.
As the demand for tobacco declines in the United States, farmers in Virginia are experimenting with turning the crop into viable biofuel
California is the Golden State, basked in sunshine and leading the world in solar PV and electric vehicle adoption, development and manufacture.
The Obama administration on Thursday finalized rules that will require companies to have strict safety and environmental protection plans in place before they drill for oil or natural gas in the Arctic Ocean.
California’s effort to promote non-polluting automobiles is being thrown off kilter by a company that makes electric cars.
Since the federal passenger vehicle fuel economy and emissions standards agreement was brokered in 2011, the automotive industry has made strong advances in technology and we are well on our way to meeting the 2025 standards.
Carmakers and tech companies are in a race to put autonomous vehicles on the road, and it’s time for regulators to tap the brakes.
The U.S. oil industry will need to hire tens of thousands of workers in the next two and a half years as oil prices recover and drillers stand up rigs, Goldman Sachs projected in a note this week.
NASCAR has been powered by a homegrown bio-fuel since 2011. It’s clean, green and renewable. The best drivers in the world have raced almost 10 million flawless miles on Sunoco Green E15 — proving it’s as good for engines as it is for the environment.
This week, the state launched a pilot program called California Road Charge that could lead to a radical alteration of the way the state pays for roadway upkeep.
