Up to 3,000 gallons of fuel oil spilled in ‘critical habitat’ north of Kodiak
Hurricane-force winds near Kodiak caused a dock to collapse on Monday morning, releasing up to 3,000 gallons of fuel into critical marine habitat, officials said.
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North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
The sun won’t rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it’s normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend.
In 46 states, people of color deal with more air pollution than white people do, study finds
People of color face more air pollution than white people, and black people bear the biggest environmental burden of any group, according to a new study by EPA scientists.
It’s been 51 days since a massive oil spill off China’s coast. There’s still so much we don’t know.
An Iranian tanker carrying almost 1 million barrels of toxic oil is now at the bottom of the East China Sea.
U.S. energy drilling boom could mean $6 billion in federal well cleanups
Cleaning up the tens of thousands oil and gas wells on U.S. federal land after they stop producing could cost over $6 billion, and taxpayers may need to pitch in, according to an analysis of state and federal data commissioned by a conservation watchdog group.
The electric vehicle revolution has a cobalt problem
The road to an imminent electric vehicle future has hit a speed bump — one made of cobalt.
Exxon sues the suers in fierce climate-change case
As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it.
Published documents suggest Daimler rigged diesel emissions tests
The claims are similar to those leveled against Volkswagen in 2015.
A government scientist resigned in protest after the Trump administration demanded sensitive oil data
It’s unclear why officials at the Interior Department, which houses the USGS, wanted to see the study in advance or if they ever actually viewed it before it was published.
Toyota Prius software fix may reduce fuel efficiency, experts say
When Robert Enger took his Toyota Prius into a dealership for a safety recall, he didn’t expect that his fuel economy would drop.
