Oil spilled at sea
The Jan. 14 sinking of the tanker Sanchi was the worst oil shipping disaster in decades. Here is a closer look at how Sanchi ranks among past tanker spills.
Getting old is expensive if you’re an oil well
The tens of thousands of oil and gas wells sprinkled across offshore Asia-Pacific left over from the drilling boom of the 1970s and 1980s will soon need to be decommissioned, a task that could add up to a $100 billion clean-up bill.
Mazda wants its future SkyActiv engines to be as clean as EVs
In-development gasoline engines could compete with electric powertrains when energy supply chain is taken into account
Trump’s EPA director says climate change will be good for us
Environmental Protection Agency director Scott Pruitt doesn’t believe decades of increasing temperatures on Earth necessarily have anything to do with the fact that we’ve pumped massive amounts of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere
What if car buyers aren’t ready for electric cars, even in California?
It’s accepted wisdom among electric-car fans and advocates that within a few years, mass-market car buyers will start snapping up battery-electric cars.
Trump wants offshore drilling, but states are choosing wind energy
States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it.
Exxon reports on climate risk and sees almost none
The oil giant tells investors that even if Paris climate goals are met, it could still produce all the oil in its existing fields and keep investing in new reserves.
California ponders costs of decommissioning offshore oil rigs
It’s been nearly three years since an oil pipeline ruptured in Santa Barbara County, coating 7 miles of beaches with crude oil and killing dolphins, birds and sea lions.
The great crude oil fireball test
Fracking has created a wider variety of crude oils, but is one more destructive than another? There’s only one way to find out.
The oil rally is helping renewables
It may sound counterintuitive, but higher crude oil prices have proved to be a boon for the renewable energy industry, at least when it comes to adoption of clean energy solutions and products—notably electric cars
