E15 bill stalls in Senate, as oil state senator pushes back
Efforts by oil lobbyists to squelch legislation expanding the sale of gasoline with higher concentrations of ethanol seems to be working.
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Drivers should brace for higher gas prices: AAA
Drivers have benefited from unusually low gasoline prices to start the summer, but the reprieve will be short lived, AAA said Thursday.
Much of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has disappeared because of bacteria
Researchers from several leading institutions in the United States say they have discovered a new kind of naturally occurring underwater bacteria that has eaten a considerable portion of the oil that spilled out of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.
Volkswagen to pay millions more in California for diesel scandal
Volkswagen agreed Thursday to pay California an additional $153.8 million in the carmaker’s diesel air-pollution scandal.
The U.S. is not ready to clean up an Arctic oil spill
No viable methods exist to clean up oil from ice and drilling would occur in incredibly remote areas
China’s verdant ‘forest city’ will fight pollution with a million plants
If tree-covered skyscrapers act like enormous air filters, this cluster of buildings will be a clean air oasis.
Porsche changes its mind on electric vehicles, plans 50 percent of its production to be electric within 6 years
It wasn’t long ago that Porsche claimed all-electric powertrains didn’t offer enough performance to reach the level that their customers expect from the premium German brand.
Clean energy is trouncing oil, gas and coal in Trump era
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry’s fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy.
Electric cars won’t save the environment
In the United States, transportation accounts for 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Most of these emissions come from burning gasoline and diesel in internal combustion engines.
What if Big Oil’s bet on gas is wrong?
“In 20 years, we will not be known as oil and gas companies, but as gas and oil companies,” Patrick Pouyanne, chief executive officer of French giant Total SA, told a conference in St. Petersburg last month.
