5 Lessons from the summer of epic car hacks
Luckily these warnings have come far before any real-world auto hacks with flesh-and-blood consequences.
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NASA is investing in eco-friendly supersonic airplane travel
NASA’s largest awards of this round of funding went to MIT and Wyle Laboratories, a research contractor in Virginia, to investigate the environmental impact of commercial supersonic flight and how turbulence affects sonic booms, respectively.
Yes, there’s a Petroleum Executive of the Year award
Chelsea Edwards, a volunteer campaigner with Divest London, explained why she was standing in the rain to scream at attendees of the black tie event: “We’re here because the annual oil and money conference is on, [and] it’s a grotesque reminder of how much oil companies are not heeding the warning of global warming.”
VW’s U.S. chief apologizes at congressional hearing
The president of Volkswagen’s American unit came under withering criticism on Thursday at a congressional hearing looking into the automaker’s admission that for years it knowingly skirted federal emissions standards.
Brown signs climate bill, minus petroleum-reduction component
Brown tried for an even stronger measure that would have also directed state regulators to enforce a 50 percent drop in petroleum use in the next 15 years, but oil interests defeated that part of the package.
Oil CEOs differ on carbon strategy, highlighting industry divide
The chief executives of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and ExxonMobil Corp. laid out contrasting visions this week for reducing fossil-fuel emissions, illustrating a divide between American and European energy companies ahead of a United Nations climate-change summit.
Why lifting America’s ban on oil exports won’t matter
As long as the U.S. remains a net importer of petroleum, an unfettered global market will produce only niche areas where export of U.S. crude makes any economic sense.
John Hofmeister to headline 21st annual RFA National Ethanol Conference
John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil and currently a member of Fuel Freedom Foundation’s Board of Advisors and Board of Directors, will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 RFA National Ethanol Conference in New Orleans.
Cutting methane, soot could bring swift benefits in developing world
The pace of global warming will slacken only if both lingering and short-lived pollutants are tackled.
6 new fuel technologies that could be game changers
The world is filled with rapidly advancing technologies, and the transportation fuels sector is no exception. A few more innovations like these, and our oil addiction will be a thing of the past.
