BP said Thursday it pegs its total cost of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster at $61.6 billion, the first estimate the company has provided since the spill. That includes a $5.2 billion pre-tax hit to profits for the second quarter this year.
Picture this: It’s a regular day at the grocery store. You choose some products, go to the register, and accept some plastic bags from the cashier to carry your groceries home. When you get home, a bag wriggles out of your grasp and floats through the air. Your simple plastic bag has now joined the legion of un-recycled plastic that contributes to some frightening statistics. Read more →
Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has been talking directly with oil companies in hopes of reaching a consensus on extending California’s landmark climate programs, opening a back channel with an industry the governor has harshly criticized as a barrier to addressing global warming.
NASCAR has been powered by a homegrown bio-fuel since 2011. It’s clean, green and renewable. The best drivers in the world have raced almost 10 million flawless miles on Sunoco Green E15 — proving it’s as good for engines as it is for the environment.
America’s warm, wild and costly weather broke another record with the hottest June, federal meteorologists say. And if that’s not enough, they calculated that 2016 is flirting with the U.S. record for most billion-dollar weather disasters.
The newly elected mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, recently announced a new plan to fight air pollution. One of the biggest changes he intends to make is requiring owners of the worst-polluting cars pay a fee to drive in central London. Read more →
What do Justin Bieber and Volkswagen have in common? Well for both of them, it’s definitely “too late to say sorry.” Read more →
This past week Canada and Australia announced plans to construct superhighways in select regions. So what’s super about these highways? They’re stocked to the brim with electric vehicle charging stations, a feature that aims to encourage electric vehicle use and discourage range anxiety. Read more →
Ventura County firefighters have stopped hundreds of gallons of crude oil from flowing toward the ocean after a leak at Prince Barranca valley, officials said.
Union Pacific plans to resume transporting crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge this week, saying federal rules trump state and local officials’ call for a moratorium on oil trains traveling through Oregon.
