Automakers are realizing maybe they don’t want Trump’s deregulation after all
The relationship between U.S. automakers and Donald Trump has been weird from the outset of his presidency.
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Entries by Landon Hall
38,000 people a year die early because of diesel emissions testing failures
Researchers have created the first global inventory of the emissions pumped out by cars and trucks on the road, over and above the legal limits which are monitored by lab-based tests.
Amid gas-tax revenue decline, new fees on fuel-efficient cars
As the revenue from gasoline taxes decreases with the rise of fuel-efficient vehicles, many states are looking for alternative sources of money to build and maintain their roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
Will Trump EPA target CA electric-car, emissions rules? Not yet, maybe; here’s why
That could happen, though it would be a major court battle that might last the entire remainder of Trump’s first four-year presidential term.
Occidental holders override board in approving climate proposal
Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s shareholders approved a proposal Friday to require the oil and gas exploration company to report on the business impacts of climate change, marking the first time such a proposal has passed over the board’s objections.
Saudi Arabia consolidates hold on American oil
The joint venture was known as Motiva Enterprises and the division of ownership and therefore control seemed to breed conflict between the oil titans from the start.
The oil and gas industry has a problem — and the industry knows it
Oil and gas company executives believe that they’re doing right by the world. Most people disagree.
Scientists create device capable of converting smog into clean hydrogen fuel
Researchers in Belgium claim to have created a device capable of converting dirty air into clean energy. The system is powered by sunlight and produces hydrogen gas that can be stored and used as fuel.
Can biofuels save us from climate apocalypse?
If humanity has any hope of stopping the civilization-threatening climate change crisis, gas-powered cars have to go. But how are people supposed to get around without them?
Saudi Arabia, Russia push to extend oil output cut until March 2018
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s top two oil producers, agreed on Monday on the need to extend output cuts for a further nine months until March 2018 to rein in a global crude glut, pushing up prices.
