With oil prices at six-year lows, now is a tempting time for consumers to buy a bigger car, fill it up with cheaper gas and hit the road. The smarter move is to use this moment to accelerate the shift to renewable energy.
A California climate-change bill that could see a vote this week in the state Assembly has some automakers worried.
Senate Bill 350 grants the California Air Resources Board broad authority to reduce petroleum use in California, and it is possible – in the same way that the world is full of possibilities – that the state will one day penalize and fine people who drive too much or use too much gas. But SB 350 does not do that.
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed denying the fact that reducing ozone pollution — the key component of smog — will result in public health benefits
Global plans to curb carbon dioxide are well below what’s needed to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, according to a new analysis.
President Obama arrived on Wednesday to deliver his alarm-sounding message about the warming of the planet — a phenomenon occurring twice as quickly in Alaska as in the rest of the United States.
The oil lobby has mounted a full-court press against the effort, and a handful of Democrats in the Assembly are wavering. The stakes could not be higher.
Elon Musk recently sat down with Cosmos host and all-around awesome scientist dude Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the television show. The topic naturally turned towards fossil fuels, with Musk telling Tyson; “If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, when we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and society will come to an end.
Nobody likes traffic—including birds. Even moderate road noise drives many from their habitat, and new evidence suggests bad health effects for those that stick around.
On Monday morning President Obama headed to Alaska — the front lines of climate change — for a trip the White House is calling “a spotlight on what Alaskans in particular have come to know: Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face, it is being driven by human activity, and it is disrupting Americans’ lives right now.” Problem is, those words fall flat when compared with Obama’s mixed record on climate.
