Tobacco and oil industries used same researchers to sway public
Oil companies bristle at the comparison. But overlap between both industries existed as early as the 1950s, new research details.
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Entries by Landon Hall
Poll: When it comes to ethanol, U.S. drivers don’t really care
U.S. farming and oil lobbies have spent over a decade battling over a government program that requires that renewable fuels are blended with gasoline, but a recent survey showed motorists largely don’t know or care what goes into their gas tanks.
How renewable energy is blowing climate change efforts off course
Is the global effort to combat climate change, painstakingly agreed to in Paris seven months ago, already going off the rails?
U.S. regulators seem to soften on fuel economy requirements — or did they?
Will U.S. regulators step away from the expected fuel economy target of 54.5 mpg for 2025 model-year vehicles, as established in 2012?
The world’s climate pledges are not even close to good enough
In a little over a decade, if every country around the world keeps every current promise to cut carbon emissions, it’s likely the planet will warm up 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The future of Big Oil? At Shell, it’s not oil
“We’re more a gas company than an oil company,” says Ben van Beurden, Shell’s chief executive officer. “If you have to place bets, which we have to, I’d rather place them there.”
Why we pretend to clean up oil spills
Studies indicate that, in general, the post-treatment survival rate of oil-soaked birds is less than one percent.
Questions and answers about U.S. fuel economy standards
The U.S. government has issued a report on fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for U.S. cars and trucks that were first established in 2012.
Volkswagen scandal reaches all the way to the top, lawsuits say
Three attorneys general on Tuesday directly challenged Volkswagen’s defense over its emissions deception, calling the decision to thwart pollution tests an orchestrated fraud that lasted more than a decade,
Repeat after me: High octane, low carbon
The signs are everywhere highlighting our product and how it can find its true value as an octane enhancer while lowering carbon emissions.
