Obama’s modest biofuel quota for 2017 blasted by producers
The Obama administration tried to strike a cautious compromise Wednesday in setting quotas for a controversial renewable fuels program that pits Big Oil against Corn Belt interests.
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Tesla to sell $2 billion in shares to bolster Model 3 output
Tesla Motors said it would offer about $2 billion in stock, mainly to help it ramp up production of its new Model 3 electric car over the next two years.
It’s time for an octane boost
The most promising and economical approach identified by the automakers is to greatly expand the use of turbocharging and high compression ratio engines. And that will require an increase in the octane rating of our gasoline.
Surprise! The air near major ports is bad for kids
Basically, every part of air pollution is bad for you, and researchers just found two more toxins to add to the list: nickel and vanadium.
Big Oil stands in the way of clean air
You would think everyone supports clean air, but this isn’t the case. All along the Pacific Coast, the oil and fossil fuel industry has aligned its political spending and lobbying might against clean energy and climate protection.
Pipeline company indicted in Santa Barbara County oil spill
A pipeline company said Tuesday it has been indicted in connection with a massive oil spill last year in Santa Barbara County.
Oil hits six-month highs on supply outages, Goldman forecast
Oil prices hit six-month highs on Monday on worries about global supply outages and as long-time bear Goldman Sachs sounded more positive on the market, although a stockpile build at the U.S. storage hub for crude futures limited gains.
Ending our oil addiction is crucial to stopping future terror attacks
Our dependence on oil has a sinister side that we tend to lose sight of: Some of that oil we consume — 18 million barrels a day in the United States alone — provides a revenue source for extremist groups to carry out deadly terrorist attacks.
Environmentalists hate fracking. Are they right?
What if President Barack Obama’s biggest achievement on climate change was actually a total failure?
Not-so-Big Oil
It has been a grim decade for investors in international oil firms—among them, many of the world’s biggest pension funds. In the past 18 months things have gone from bad to worse.
