Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: Fracking is proof ‘God’s got a good sense of humor and he loves us’
He made the statement after saying that one-third of the 70,000 employees he oversees at the agency are “not loyal” to him or the president.
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Exxon aims to cut methane leaks, a culprit in global warming
Exxon Mobil announced a program on Monday to reduce emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from its oil and natural gas production and pipeline operations across the United States.
Safe air pollution doesn’t exist: Even low levels may cause kidney damage
As if you needed another reason to care about air pollution, new research finds that the tiny particles in city smog don’t just damage your heart and lungs,
These California cities just sued five oil companies over climate impact
Two California cities have separately sued five major oil companies over their contribution to global warming, and are seeking billions to pay for projects protecting the people and property in the Bay Area against rising seas.
Ignore the hurricanes and keep deregulating, fossil fuel CEO says
The president and CEO of the largest fossil fuel trade organization in the U.S. said Wednesday that while he takes climate change “seriously,” there’s nothing to worry about because his industry has everything under control.
Good news! Avoiding catastrophic climate change isn’t impossible yet. Just incredibly hard.
When they signed the Paris climate agreement, the countries of the world committed to a common goal: Hold the rise in global temperatures “well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels” and “pursue efforts” to hold it even lower, to 1.5 degrees.
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock
A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that this aircraft could fly for 10 hours on bio-jet fuel produced on 54 acres of specially engineered sugarcane.
Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air
Using ethanol instead of gasoline as a car fuel can reduce emissions of ultrafine particles by a third, which benefits human health and the environment, according to a new study.
Shrink at least 4 national monuments and modify a half-dozen others, Zinke tells Trump
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Trump modify 10 national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post.
Fatbergs should be dragged out of sewers and used as biofuel
A seemingly boring report on the future of the creation and use of biofuels in the UK exploded into life with one bizarre suggestion.
