Iran’s stature grows as rivals quarrel
It’s been more than five months since President Donald Trump declared that he was putting Iran “on notice.” For the Iranian regime, that is turning out to be a rather comfortable place.
Young people don’t want to work for oil companies
The bright minds of tomorrow want to pursue careers at Tesla, not ExxonMobil.
127 million Americans at risk of air-quality ‘double whammy’ of smog, ragweed pollen
About 40% Americans live in counties where a “double whammy” of unhealthy levels of smog and ragweed pollen — both tied to climate change — combine to threaten respiratory health, a Natural Resources Defense Council report finds.
London mayor wants zero-emissions transport system by 2050
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has a wildly ambitious plan to make the English capital more environmentally friendly.
Shell plans to spend $1 billion a year on clean energy by 2020
Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to spend as much as $1 billion a year on its New Energies division as the transition toward renewable power and electric cars accelerates.
Wall Street cash pumps up oil production even as prices sag
Easy Wall Street cash is leading U.S. shale companies to expand drilling, even as most lose money on every barrel of oil they bring to the surface.
California wants to deal with the ‘Valley of Death’ for electric cars
On balance, electric cars have been a miserable market failure, despite the massive amounts of hype directed at them.
Utah physicians group alarmed by studies linking more deaths to air pollution
An association of Utah doctors is calling for more stringent limits on air pollution in light of new evidence they say shows air quality is more critical to human health than once thought.
Oil fields pumping a third of supply die fastest in 24 years
The tussle for supremacy between OPEC and U.S. shale drillers is killing off older oil fields at the fastest pace in almost a quarter century. That could hurt the industry once the current glut has faded.
Electric cars are the future? Not so fast
Skepticism of electric cars melts a bit more with each new announcement from the likes of Tesla, which last week launched production of a mass-market vehicle, and Volvo, which days later promised to phase out gasoline-only engines by 2019.
