L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick
For more than a decade, California air quality officials have warned against building homes within 500 feet of freeways.
China considers dialing back or delaying electric car quota
China is considering dialing back or delaying proposed measures aimed at pushing automakers to produce more electric vehicles, after industry feedback that the targets are overly ambitious.
EPA to reopen 2022-2025 auto-emission rule decision: report
According to numerous recent reports, the EPA is expected to reopen the commenting period for vehicle-emission rules it finalized in January, more than a year ahead of schedule.
How the United States looked before the EPA
Just after its creation, the EPA created a photo-documentary project called “Project Documerica.” Its purpose? To “record the state of the environment and efforts to improve it.”
Air pollution in Asia is wafting into the USA, increasing smog in West
Air pollution from China, India and several other Asian countries has wafted across the Pacific Ocean over the past 25 years, increasing levels of smog in the western U.S., a study finds.
Remembering a city where the smog could kill
Once upon a time, you could touch the air in New York. It was that filthy. No sensible person would put a toe in most of the waterways.
Air pollution affects preterm birthrates globally, study finds
A pregnant woman’s exposure to air pollution has adverse effects on her fetus, according to a new international study, with prolonged exposure associated with nearly 1 in 5 premature births globally.
Oil industry infighting heats up as EPA weighs biofuels rule change
Oil companies showed deepening divides on the future of the U.S. biofuels program in solicited comments from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a plan sought by some refiners to shift the program’s financial burden to retailers and blenders.
The American commute is worse today than it’s ever been
The Census’s 2015 American Community Survey data, released last fall, show that the average American commute crept up to 26.4 minutes in 2015, or about 24 seconds longer than the previous year.
What cars will we be driving in 2050?
Today, there are approximately 1.1 billion light-duty vehicles in use around the world.
About 1.2 million, or 0.1 percent of the global fleet, are all-electric or plug-in hybrids. More than 1 billion of those vehicles run on gasoline and diesel-powered internal combustion engines.
