Tesla runs out of charge in China
Telsa Motors Inc.’s plan to cut jobs in China underscores the electric-car pioneer’s struggles in the country, a crucial market for the developing technology.
Sunshine State irony: Florida, affected by climate change, bans the term
It is one of the profound ironies of climate change that a state besieged by its effects — where coastal islands face existential threats and daily floods render major thoroughfares difficult to navigate — is also populated by powerful politicians who express deep suspicion of the relevant science.
Why is Jay Leno misrepresenting ethanol?
… as much as I hate to say it, Jay is using information to sway the argument that is untrue and misleading. And so, since I think that Jay should know, and does know better, that he is lying in the AutoWeek story.
Banned documentary on air pollution is a hot topic in China
“Under the Dome,” a searing documentary about China’s catastrophic air pollution, had hundreds of millions of views on Chinese websites within days of its release one week ago. Then on Friday afternoon, the momentum over the video came to an abrupt halt, as major Chinese video websites deleted it under orders from the Communist Party’s central propaganda department.
Latest Ontario oil-train disaster brings scrutiny to newer cars
A second fiery derailment near a Northern Ontario community is adding to concerns that federal rail-safety regulations – brought into effect after the 2013 tragedy in Lac-Mégantic — do not go far enough in addressing the dangers of shipping crude oil by rail.
Gas costs us a lot more when health, enviro toll is counted
When its environmental and human health toll is factored in, a gallon of gasoline costs us about $3.80 more than the pump price, a new Duke University study finds.
Cutting air pollution helps children’s lung development
For the first time, researchers have shown that reducing air pollution leads to improved respiratory function in children ages 11 to 15, a critical period of lung development.
Another crude-oil train derails and catches fire, this one in Illinois
A freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern Illinois on Thursday, bursting into flames and prompting authorities to evacuate everyone within 1 mile.
11 oil fields closed in Libya after ISIS attacks
The National Oil Corporation blamed authorities in the Libyan-capital of Tripoli, set up by Islamist-backed militias, for failing to protect the oil fields.
Fuel-cell vehicles named world’s top emerging technology
The World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies releases its Top 10 List of Emerging Technologies for 2015.
