The secret behind Norway’s EV “miracle” isn’t oil
Whatever the cost, by whatever means, people need to stop driving internal combustion (ICE) cars. In that earthly scenario, Norway is a sort of heaven.
Quicker than expected, auto industry revs up for an electric-car future
Some experts project electric vehicles could make up more than half of car sales by 2040, projections that GM, Ford, Volkswagen, Chinese automakers, and others are taking seriously all of a sudden.
Friendly policies keep U.S. oil and coal afloat far more than we thought
The coal industry and its allies in the Trump administration have recently devoted considerable energy to arguing that subsidies to renewable energy have distorted energy markets and helped drive coal out of business.
Ford CEO Jim Hackett’s plan to Wall Street: Fewer models, more electric cars
The company plans to reduce the number of Ford models but it did not say how many or which ones. And it intends to substantially ramp up its shift away from gas engines into electrification and connected cars, as well as autonomous cars.
Soot caught in bird feathers shows how catastrophic air pollution can be
Soot on birds’ bellies tell a story of air pollution more than a century in the making. Two graduate students at the University of Chicago measured black carbon that clung to birds kept in Rust Belt museum collections and found a striking record of filthy air.
Two children, one rich, one poor, gasping for air in Delhi’s smog
For seven days at the beginning of this month, a thick cloud settled over this metropolis of 20 million people. Held in place by a weather system known as an anticyclone, the pollution was pulled inward and down, trapping the people of this city in concentrations of hazardous micro-particles never before recorded here.
Automakers claiming to be ‘all-in on electric cars’ are still lobbying against stricter fuel standards
In a time where a surprising number of major automakers are announcing that they believe electric cars are the future of the auto industry, we are still seeing them complaining about, and in some cases lobbying against, the fuel emission standards.
Marchionne believes too many electric cars could endanger the planet
Sergio Marchionne, the head honcho at Fiat Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari, is a man who has his finger on the pulse of the automotive industry. So you would think he would know a thing or two.
Unraveling the oil geopolitics intertwined in the Kurdish independence referendum
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities.
Industry lawsuits try to paint environmental activism as illegal racket
“The Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit against Greenpeace is perhaps the most aggressive SLAPP-type suit that I’ve ever seen,” said Michael Gerrard, faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, using the acronym for a lawsuit that aims to silence political advocacy.
