Saudi Arabia’s oil supremacy falters
The world’s biggest crude exporter is rejiggering its long-held strategy of clinging to market share.
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As Trump targets energy rules, oil companies downplay their impact
President Donald Trump’s White House has said his plans to slash environmental regulations will trigger a new energy boom and help the United States drill its way to independence from foreign oil.
Ignore politicians: Weakened fuel-economy rules don’t create jobs, analyst says
A common refrain among critics of current and future fuel-economy standards is that the need to comply with them produces job cuts in the auto industry.
Repeal of Obama drilling rule stalls in the Senate
Despite support from Senate leadership and the oil and gas industry, the methane legislation has not come up for a vote in the Senate, and its future there is uncertain.
Hate SUVs? Too late
The war between traditional passenger cars and their high-rise, roided-up cousins is all but over — and SUVs won.
Behind the quiet state-by-state fight over electric vehicles
When Georgia repealed its generous $5,000 tax credit on electric vehicles in July 2015, and instead slapped a $200 registration fee on electric cars, sales quickly tumbled.
VW’s Electrify America submits electric-car charging plan to EPA, CARB: now what?
Volkswagen has submitted a plan for electric-charging infrastructure to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board.
After intense public anger, Republicans waver over slashing Obama-era action on methane gas
As Republican lawmakers consider how closely to align with the climate skepticism and fossil fuel fervor radiating from the White House, a nascent clean air initiative that energy firms want scrapped is fast testing their comfort zone.
BP buys Clean Energy’s U.S. green gas production assets for $155 million
BP agreed on Wednesday to buy Clean Energy Fuels Corp’s biomethane production assets for $155 million, expanding its huge gas supply portfolio in the United States and showing its shift to less carbon-intensive projects.
Honda: Hybrids, plug-ins, fuel cells to be two-thirds of Europe sales by 2025
In place of its previous mild hybrids, the Japanese automaker is planning to produce much higher volumes of its two-motor hybrid powertrain, as seen first in the Accord Hybrid mid-size sedan.
