Electric vehicles reduce stress for drivers, says new brain monitoring study
The quieter driving environment of an electrically driven vehicle can have significant mental health benefits, according to a new brain monitoring study.
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Earth just had its 400th straight warmer-than-average month thanks to global warming
It was December 1984, and President Reagan had just been elected to his second term, Dynasty was the top show on TV and Madonna’s Like a Virgin topped the musical charts. It was also the last time the Earth had a cooler-than-average month.
Florida congressional delegation gives thumbs-down to offshore drilling
Florida’s congressional delegation, citing the state’s vibrant tourism industry, delivered a unanimous, bipartisan and stern message of opposition to offshore energy exploration during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
A radical way to cut emissions – ration everyone’s flights
Global tourism now accounts for 8% of carbon emissions, three times more than was previously thought made me think– surely we can do better?
Are electric cars worse for the environment?
If you believe the headlines, traditional automobiles are speeding toward a dead end.
Troubling link found between pollution exposure in pregnancy, high blood pressure in children
Researchers reported that children of mothers who were exposed in their third trimester to higher levels of fine particulate pollution were at a 61 percent higher risk of elevated blood pressure.
The scientist still fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot
In the closing weeks of 2008, the US Department of Energy invited politicians and press to a dedication ceremony for the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California.
Majority of voters oppose Trump offshore drilling plan: poll
More than half of voters oppose proposed plans by the Trump administration to expand oil and gas drilling off coastal states, according to a poll out Tuesday.
The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels
While the climate policy world is littered with numbers, three of them have dominated recent discourse: 2, 1000, and 66.
Former Exxon executive calls on oil industry to clean up its climate act
The oil and gas industry and its products account for half of global carbon dioxide emissions. If humanity is to stand any chance of effectively addressing climate change, global oil and gas companies must become a part of the solution.
