Colorado adopts tougher air rules for oil, gas industry
Colorado adopted tougher air pollution rules for the oil and gas industry — the first in the nation to cover methane, a gas linked to climate change.
VW receives approval for fixes on more than 800,000 cars
Volkswagen has received regulatory approval for technical fixes on some models, it said on Friday, meaning it could now recall more than 800,000 of the 8.5 million cars affected by its diesel emissions scandal in Europe.
What’s ‘waste’ to the oil lobby …
Big Oil must love income inequality and our country’s shocking racial wealth gap. The industry’s latest campaign aims to perpetuate these injustices while attacking California’s efforts against climate change.
Six months after Paris accord, we’re losing the climate-change battle
Since the signing of the Paris climate accord in December, have we made any progress in cutting global emissions?
The Gulf oil spill left more damage than we previously thought
Oil and other contaminates from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill — one of the worst environmental disasters in history — likely lingered in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for months longer than experts originally predicted, according to a new study.
Whatever happened to advanced biofuels?
The government invested because of hopes that such advanced biofuels could reduce global warming pollution from vehicles compared with gasoline.
Pollution from Canadian oil sands vapor is substantial, study finds
The amount of pollution created by vapor from Canada’s oil sands, which contributes to climate change, ranks on par with most major cities in North America, according to a new study by the country’s environmental regulator.
Is it time for Greens to reassess their opposition to ethanol?
For almost as long as there have been cars, gasoline has been the dominant fuel in transportation. But for a host of reasons — environmental, climate change, public health, and economic — the time has come to consider mixing higher blends of biofuels with gasoline.
Atmospheric CO2 may have topped 400 ppm permanently
Just three years ago this month, the carbon dioxide monitoring station atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa reached a significant milestone: the first measurement of CO2 concentrations that exceeded the benchmark of 400 parts per million (ppm). Now, they may never again dip below it.
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.
