Feds: Volkswagen exec tricked Americans into buying dirty cars
While unveiling shiny new cars at a world-renowned event, German auto giant Volkswagen got a less-than-flattering review from one peeved customer: the FBI.
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London takes 5 days to breach 2017 air pollution limit
It was a powerful image: soaring high in the sky next to Big Ben was a Mary Poppins figure wearing a protective mask.
A day in the life of Beijing’s apocalyptic smog
The smog is rolling in over Beijing. We are about to experience what the foreign media have nicknamed the “airpocalypse” — another days-long episode of choking air pollution. In fact, this is the second one in just three weeks.
How this startup is producing sustainable oil from sewage sludge
It’s black. It’s viscous. It looks a lot like crude oil. Yet, it doesn’t come from drilling, but from sewage sludge.
Choose these 10 green vehicles for class-leading range
Want to do your part for Mother Earth? Green vehicles take it easy on the environment by offering exceptional fuel economy. As you’d imagine, many choices in this segment also entice with stellar range.
Green car preview at Detroit Auto Show
Media days for the 2017 Detroit Auto Show begin amidst significant uncertainty about green cars and their future in the U.S.
The link between road pollution and dementia just got stronger
Most of us associate car pollution with coughing and wheezing, but mounting evidence is linking air pollution to a less obvious health effect: dementia.
Time-lapse video shows Beijing swamped by a tide of smog
A time-lapse video of smog rolling into Beijing offers a jarring new perspective of the pollution that has been afflicting the Chinese capital in recent months.
Railroad in fiery derailment agrees to changes
The nation’s largest freight railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon and the discovery of more than 800 potential safety violations across its sprawling network.
Will we soon be riding on solar roads? The idea gains traction
Countries — U.S., France, Netherlands — are testing ways to pave roads with solar panels. Their plans have skeptics.
