Volkswagen AG is gearing up to take on Tesla Inc. with its namesake brand planning to roll out four affordable electric vehicles in the coming years and the Audi unit debuting an upscale battery-powered crossover it aims to introduce in 2019.
On the seventh anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the health impacts that the spewing oil had on the people who came into contact with it are still raising questions about how the cleanup was handled.
BP Plc’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused damage to beaches, animals, fish and coral that the public values at $17.2 billion, according to a financial accounting released on the seventh anniversary of the disaster.
Alarm over the disaster reverberated around the world, energizing the nascent environmental movement and leading to a slew of legislative changes.
Tesla’s Model X has received the top Green Vehicle nod from the AAA, sharing the honors with electric vehicles made by Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Ford and Lexus.
The public can test drive a selection of environmentally friendly vehicles Wednesday at the AltCar Expo near the state Capitol’s west steps in Sacramento.
California’s famously congested freeways may soon do more than create headaches. State officials agreed last week to fund an initiative to generate electrical power from traffic, a plan that involves harnessing road vibrations with the intent of turning the automobile into a viable source of renewable energy.
A damaged BP oil and natural gas well that had been venting gas vapors on Alaska’s remote North Slope since Friday morning has been brought under control, the company and state officials said on Monday.
As President Donald Trump looks to curb the government’s enforcement of climate regulations, experts are concerned about how the action might impact public health.
Not long ago, global environmental activists looked at India with worry.
