A radical way to cut emissions – ration everyone’s flights
Global tourism now accounts for 8% of carbon emissions, three times more than was previously thought made me think– surely we can do better?
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Entries by Landon Hall
Are electric cars worse for the environment?
If you believe the headlines, traditional automobiles are speeding toward a dead end.
Troubling link found between pollution exposure in pregnancy, high blood pressure in children
Researchers reported that children of mothers who were exposed in their third trimester to higher levels of fine particulate pollution were at a 61 percent higher risk of elevated blood pressure.
Trump wants negotiations with California on auto gas mileage
President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to explore negotiations with California on achieving a single fuel economy standard for the nation during a meeting with auto industry executives.
The scientist still fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot
In the closing weeks of 2008, the US Department of Energy invited politicians and press to a dedication ceremony for the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California.
Trump to carmakers: ‘Build more cars’ in the U.S.
President Donald Trump pressed automakers to build more cars in the U.S. during a meeting Friday with representatives from top international car manufacturers, including CEOs from all of the Detroit Three.
Majority of voters oppose Trump offshore drilling plan: poll
More than half of voters oppose proposed plans by the Trump administration to expand oil and gas drilling off coastal states, according to a poll out Tuesday.
OPEC in no hurry to decide if extra oil needed to offset Iran: sources
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has a deal with Russia and non-OPEC producers to cut supplies that has helped erase a global glut and boosted oil prices to their highest since 2014.
The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels
While the climate policy world is littered with numbers, three of them have dominated recent discourse: 2, 1000, and 66.
Oil prices rise after Trump’s Iran speech, but supply and demand also fuel increase
U.S. drivers who’ve noticed higher prices at the pump may be tempted to blame Trump’s Iran decision, but it’s only one factor at play right now.
