Last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency will abandon the long-term fuel economy standards developed by the Obama administration for 2022-2025, declaring, without evidence, that they are “too high.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for being outspoken and unscripted. But he took that to a new level in a remarkably blunt and contentious call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday after the automaker reported a record loss of more than $700 million last quarter.
The oil and gas industry and its products account for half of global carbon dioxide emissions. If humanity is to stand any chance of effectively addressing climate change, global oil and gas companies must become a part of the solution.
The company that Elon Musk built to usher in the electric-car future might not have enough cash to make it through the calendar year.
For decades America’s air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions leveled off, a new study found.
Eighteen states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its push to “reconsider” greenhouse gas emissions rules for the nation’s auto fleet, launching a legal battle over one of the Obama administration’s most significant efforts to address climate change.
In a bid to reduce congestion in toll lanes on the 110 and 10 freeways, Los Angeles County transportation officials on Thursday opted to end a program granting solo drivers of zero-emission vehicles free access to the lanes.
U.S. regulators are poised to propose a freeze on fuel-efficiency standards at 2020 levels, according to two people familiar with the plan, which would erode an ambitious Obama-era initiative to curb planet-warming greenhouse gases.
The Trump administration is speeding toward all-out war with California over fuel economy rules for cars and SUVs, proposing to revoke the state’s long-standing authority to enforce its own, tough rules on tailpipe emissions.
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass thinks demand for oil is about to go up. “Crude is going to go from a glut to a shortage in the next two years.”
