The invention, the Flame Refluxer, is “very simple,” says Ali Rangwala, a professor of fire protection engineering: Imagine a giant Brillo pad of copper wool sandwiched between layers of copper screen, with springy copper coils attached to the top.
When Georgia repealed its generous $5,000 tax credit on electric vehicles in July 2015, and instead slapped a $200 registration fee on electric cars, sales quickly tumbled.
President Trump pledged to review fuel efficiency standards set in place during the Obama administration, telling auto plant workers in Ypsilanti, Mich. on Wednesday afternoon that his administration will ensure the regulations do not lead to job losses and factory closures.
Going in reverse on fuel efficiency is a terrible deal for American drivers that will cost the economy nearly $400 billion while adding nearly three billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2050.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Trump plans to visit both Nashville, Tenn., and metro Detroit and said the visit will highlight “the need to eliminate burdensome regulation that needlessly hinders job growth.”
Imagine if you could gas up your GM car only at GM gas stations. Or if you had to find a gas station servicing cars made from 2005 to 2012 to fill up your 2011 vehicle.
For the last few years, Americans have enjoyed friendly prices at the pump. And in many ways consumers’ lives have been shaped by these prices.
German-automaker Volkswagen AG pleaded guilty Friday to felony criminal charges in federal court in Detroit for a 10-year conspiracy to rig hundreds of thousands of diesel cars to cheat U.S. emission standards.
At the behest of oil and gas industry lobbyists, the United States Senate may soon vote to eliminate a rule that reduces methane waste from oil and gas drilling on public lands.
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell most of its Canadian oil sands assets for $8.5 billion, the latest international oil major to withdraw from the costly projects, which are among the most carbon heavy.
