How Pruitt’s hustle to deregulate the EPA may bite him
In his aggressive pursuit of rolling back Obama administration regulations, President Trump’s top environmental official may be bumping up against his legal limits.
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Air pollution deaths expected to rise because of climate change
New research predicts that air pollution worsened by climate change will cost tens of thousands of lives if changes are not made.
Electric cars will fuel huge demand for power, says National Grid
A dramatic growth in electric vehicles on Britain’s roads could see peak electricity demand jump by more than the capacity of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by 2030, according to National Grid.
China’s electric cars are actually pretty dirty
Could China, the world’s largest automobile market, help address the threat of global warming if it went completely electric? The answer isn’t as obvious as it seems.
We only have a 5 percent chance of avoiding ‘dangerous’ global warming, a study finds
The upshot is that we may already have firmly committed to 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming even if emissions were to stop immediately and entirely (which is not going to happen).
Scott Pruitt’s crimes against nature
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, wants you to know that he was responsible for persuading President Trump to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
Exxon, Shell and other carbon producers sued for sea level rises in California
Three Californian communities have launched legal action against some of the world’s biggest oil, gas and coal companies, seeking compensation for the current and future costs of adapting to sea level rises linked to climate change.
In Switzerland, a giant new machine is sucking carbon directly from the air
The world’s first commercial plant for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air opened yesterday, refueling a debate about whether the technology can truly play a significant role in removing greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.
As Interior Secretary swaggers through parks, his staff rolls back regulations
as the secretary hopscotches across millions of acres of Western parks, monuments and wilderness, a crew of political appointees in Washington has begun rolling back the conservation efforts put in effect over the eight years of the Obama administration
1946 Chevy pickup truck is world’s oldest Prius hybrid. Really.
There are countless tales of classic cars and trucks receiving new life via parts from a completely different automobile.
