The Obama administration, in a significant reversal, announced Tuesday it was withdrawing a planned oil and natural gas lease sale off the southeast Atlantic coast, prompting cheers from coastal communities and environmentalists but criticism from oil companies and some state leaders.
Sea-level rise, a problem exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions, could disrupt the lives of more than 13 million people in the United States, three times more than most current estimates, according to a study published Monday.
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday challenged African oil producers to see the huge challenges confronting the oil sector as a unique opportunity for Africa to look beyond the exploitation of oil to the use of other natural resources to upscale national revenues.
For the third month in a row, Earth’s global temperatures in February 2016 were the most abnormally warm on record for any month, according to an analysis released by NASA.
Big oil producers have been negotiating for weeks on a deal to limit crude output in the hope of raising oil prices. Now their talks are hitting obstacles.
A year later, the war has been a humanitarian disaster for Yemen and a study in the perils of the Obama administration’s push to get Middle Eastern countries to take on bigger military roles in their neighborhood.
Declining prices and extra pipeline capacity have shrunk U.S. crude by rail shipments, according to an analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
In 1903, it took 63 days to travel across the country by car. Just 13 years later, people were driving that distance in five days. So, is the car, and the way we drive it, ripe for transformative change again? Or will it continue to evolve slowly, as it has for the last 130 years?
The U.S. Department of Justice has widened its probe into the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal by tapping a law to combat banking fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported today.
BMW is now a century old. To celebrate, the brand has unveiled a concept car that emits nothing from its tailpipe and can drive itself.
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Obama administration withdraws Atlantic oil and gas drilling proposal
The Obama administration, in a significant reversal, announced Tuesday it was withdrawing a planned oil and natural gas lease sale off the southeast Atlantic coast, prompting cheers from coastal communities and environmentalists but criticism from oil companies and some state leaders.
Rising sea levels may disrupt lives of millions, study says
Sea-level rise, a problem exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions, could disrupt the lives of more than 13 million people in the United States, three times more than most current estimates, according to a study published Monday.
Look beyond oil, Nigerian president urges African oil producers
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday challenged African oil producers to see the huge challenges confronting the oil sector as a unique opportunity for Africa to look beyond the exploitation of oil to the use of other natural resources to upscale national revenues.
February 2016 was the most abnormally warm month ever recorded, topping January 2016, NASA says
For the third month in a row, Earth’s global temperatures in February 2016 were the most abnormally warm on record for any month, according to an analysis released by NASA.
Oil output negotiations hit obstacles
Big oil producers have been negotiating for weeks on a deal to limit crude output in the hope of raising oil prices. Now their talks are hitting obstacles.
Quiet support for Saudis entangles U.S. in Yemen
A year later, the war has been a humanitarian disaster for Yemen and a study in the perils of the Obama administration’s push to get Middle Eastern countries to take on bigger military roles in their neighborhood.
Cheap oil, new pipelines end rail transport boom, EIA says
Declining prices and extra pipeline capacity have shrunk U.S. crude by rail shipments, according to an analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The future of transportation: electric, shared, driverless — and fewer emissions
In 1903, it took 63 days to travel across the country by car. Just 13 years later, people were driving that distance in five days. So, is the car, and the way we drive it, ripe for transformative change again? Or will it continue to evolve slowly, as it has for the last 130 years?
U.S. issues subpoena to VW as emissions probe expands, report says
The U.S. Department of Justice has widened its probe into the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal by tapping a law to combat banking fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported today.
BMW marks 100th birthday with autonomous, zero-emission concept
BMW is now a century old. To celebrate, the brand has unveiled a concept car that emits nothing from its tailpipe and can drive itself.