Emissions scandal crushes Volkswagen sales in November
Volkswagen’s emissions scandal crushed the brand’s U.S. sales in November, despite heavy discounts and a strong month for the overall auto industry.
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A path for climate change, beyond Paris
The pledges that countries have signaled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change.
Volkswagen closes in on fixes for diesel motors in Europe
Volkswagen AG is closing in on regulatory approval for a series of low-cost fixes to 8.5 million rigged diesel vehicles in Europe, a step forward in its effort to overcome a scandal over cheating on emissions.
Are EVs too reliable and too quiet?
You never know what problems you’re going to get into with a new technology. EVs are zero-emissions vehicles. They eliminate gas purchases. Their range is getting better all the time.
What passing a key CO2 mark means to climate scientists
Humans have burned enough fossil fuels to drive atmospheric CO2 to levels that world hasn’t seen in at least 400,000 years. That’s driven up temperatures, melted ice and caused oceans to acidify.
Your jargon-busting guide to the Paris climate change talks
Maybe climate change tends to take a back seat because the talks themselves are a jargon-filled monstrosity of diplomatic protocol, which means no one—not even the diplomats themselves!—understands what’s happening half of the time.
Obama calls Paris climate talks an ‘act of defiance’ in wake of recent attacks
U.S. president salutes French people for going ahead with crucial climate talks in his address to heads of state on first day of the conference
Bill Gates expected to create billion-dollar fund for clean energy
Bill Gates will announce the creation of a multibillion-dollar clean energy fund on Monday at the opening of a Paris summit meeting intended to forge a global accord to cut planet-warming emissions, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
BTU is Big Oil bunk. It’s just a marketing and labeling scam
The oil industry could have relied on another line of reasoning to explain the difference in why a gasoline powered internal combustion engine gets better performance from using gasoline than ethanol; they could have argued: “Gasoline has a gold color, while ethanol is clear and has no color; everyone knows that gold is more valuable than nothing.” This argument makes as much sense as the BTU argument.
In BP spill, dispersants did not help degrade oil, study says
The dispersant chemical that was sprayed on the 2010 BP oil spill might not have helped crucial petroleum-munching microbes get rid of the slick, a new study suggests.
