New York City and several California municipalities are suing big oil companies, alleging they concealed what they knew about climate change and are liable for billions of dollars of damage caused by rising global temperatures.
For a century, the U.S. auto industry was the world’s largest. That ended in 2009, when China’s sales of 13.5 million new vehicles surpassed a recession-slammed U.S. total of 10.4 million.
Some of the brightest minds, and best ideas, come from the world of automotive design. We traveled to three mega-shows recently to seek out the coolest concept cars, and hear experts pontificate about how we’ll be moving in the decades to come.
Tesla might sell more all-electric vehicles than any other car manufacturer in the U.S., but automotive industry veteran Bob Lutz warns the company could soon go broke.
Accusing the oil industry of concealing that it knew long ago that gasoline and oil use was warming up the planet, Richmond has joined the ranks of cities and counties suing oil companies to cover the cost of shoring up shorelines from rising sea levels.
If we’re going to put the brakes on climate change, electric cars will be crucial. At least, that’s the general consensus.
The Dakota Access pipeline leaked at least five times in 2017. The biggest was a 168-gallon leak near DAPL’s endpoint in Patoka, Illinois, on April 23.
The Los Angeles Police Department made a big deal about going green with a fleet of electric BMWs.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will propose new fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks by the end of March, signaling how the Trump administration plans to alter ambitious automobile efficiency rules created under former President Barack Obama.
Midwestern states like Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri are home to many coal-fired plants. A growing number of these plants are shutting down, partly due to the declining costs of renewables. According to one recent Moody’s Analytics report, the price of wind power has fallen so rapidly that it could soon replace coal-fired plants in the […]
