Climate rescue talks off to a halting start
Home-stretch negotiations in Bonn for a 195-nation climate rescue pact stumbled Monday over developing countries’ protests that their key demands are being sidelined.
Europe’s love affair with diesel cars has been a disaster
Europe’s promotion of diesel vehicles as a “green” transportation option has been a total disaster thus far — for reasons that go well beyond the Volkswagen scandal.
Oil and gas companies make statement in support of U.N. climate goals
Ten of the world’s big oil companies, mainly from Europe, on Friday jointly acknowledged their industry’s role in global climate change and said that they agreed with the United Nations’ goals of limiting global warming.
U.S., Alaska says will not seek additional $92 million from Exxon for Valdez spill
U.S. and Alaska state officials announced they will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill nearly three decades ago.
Toyota aims to nearly eliminate gasoline cars by 2050
Toyota, under ambitious environmental targets, is aiming to sell hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions.
VW to focus on electric, plug-in hybrid tech, slash spending due to diesel scandal
It’s a remarkable turnaround for the company more identified with its so-called “clean diesels” both in Europe and North America than for anything with a plug.
Alaska mulls extra oil drilling to cope with climate change
Expanding the search for oil is necessary to pay for the damage caused by climate change, the governor of Alaska has told the BBC.
How will the Volkswagen scandal affect diesel?
I must admit I’ve always been a little skeptical about this idea that diesel can be a “clean-burning fuel.” Anyone who has ever gotten stuck sitting behind a bus in traffic is likely to agree. Read more →
VW exec blames ‘a couple of’ rogue engineers for emissions scandal
The claim that such a small number of people could have pulled off such a massive fraud brought immediate skepticism from lawmakers and industry experts.
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.”
