How long can you cycle before the harm from pollution exceeds the benefits of exercise?
Air pollution kills more than 5 million people every year, yet there has been no analysis of the costs versus benefits of city cycling. Until now.
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VW diesels may still pollute more, even when fixed
Even if the Volkswagen Group gets regulatory approval to fix some 475,000 four-cylinder diesel cars in its ongoing diesel-emissions scandal, the repaired systems could still pollute more than they originally certified under.
Oil lobby paid Washington Post and Atlantic to host climate-change deniers at RNC
Lewis Finkel, a top lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute gave the opening remarks. “We are pushing forward for a robust energy discussion during this election cycle,” he said.
Why VW killed its TDI diesels in the U.S.: future emission standards
Hell hath no fury like a well-meaning government regulator who’s been sneered at and condescended to by executives of one of the world’s largest auto companies—only to learn the company has systematically lied to her and deliberately violated the laws she’s charged with enforcing.
Oil spills into Canadian river after pipeline leak
Oil from a Husky Energy pipeline spilled into the North Saskatchewan River upstream from Maidstone, Sask.
In the Gulf of Mexico, fears over failing bolts on oil rigs persist
Federal officials are trying to determine whether bolts used on undersea oil and gas equipment are at risk of breaking and creating a “catastrophic failure” similar to the scale of BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill six years ago.
Volkswagen has emissions-cheating fix ready
Volkswagen’s plan to fix most of its 2-liter diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests includes a computer software update and a larger catalytic converter to trap harmful nitrogen oxide, according to two dealers who were briefed by executives on the matter.
Enbridge hit with a $177M bill for Michigan, Illinois oil spills
Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge has reached a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency over 2010 oil spills in Marshall and Romeoville, Ill.
How renewable energy is blowing climate change efforts off course
Is the global effort to combat climate change, painstakingly agreed to in Paris seven months ago, already going off the rails?
The future of Big Oil? At Shell, it’s not oil
“We’re more a gas company than an oil company,” says Ben van Beurden, Shell’s chief executive officer. “If you have to place bets, which we have to, I’d rather place them there.”
