The climate talks in Paris might actually work this time
United Nations climate talks set to begin in Paris next week promise to produce a landmark deal that has eluded diplomats for more than two decades.
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Volkswagen posts video showing how it will fix its cheating diesel engines
There are still many questions left unanswered: the cars were originally designed to cheat emissions tests in order to get better fuel economy, so it’s unclear how the update will affect mileage.
Why are so many Americans skeptical about climate change? A study offers a surprising answer.
Climate change has long been a highly polarizing topic in the United States, with Americans lining up on opposite sides depending on their politics and worldview. Now a scientific study sheds new light on the role played by corporate money in creating that divide.
How natural gas could become a mainstream transportation fuel
We have a lot of natural gas here in America. I mean A LOT. More than we know what to do with. So much, that North Dakota alone is burning off $1.2 billion worth of it each year.
Map shows where Volkswagen’s extra pollution has the worst impacts in California
In California, the company sold nearly 200,000 of those cars, which means people here will have to carry the health burdens associated with increased toxic emissions. But which people are we talking about?
ROEV hopes to simplify public EV charging for the masses
A new coalition has risen out of the chaos to restore order (and sanity) to the public EV charging network.
EPA says VW cheating software is on more vehicles
Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal widened Friday after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker used software to cheat on pollution tests on more six-cylinder diesel vehicles than originally thought.
Climate warning labels are coming to gas pumps in one Canadian city
The North Vancouver, B.C., city council unanimously voted this week to make warning labels mandatory on all gas pumps, although it’s not yet clear what the labels will look like.
Take the ‘U.S. model’ on emissions to Paris
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), increased use of natural gas – part of the abundance produced by the American energy revolution – is a big reason monthly power sector CO2 emissions in this country were near a 27-year low earlier this year.
After the Paris Attacks, an essential part of the climate talks won’t happen
For years, climate campaigners have been looking forward to the high-profile international climate negotiations in Paris, set to start on November 30, as an opportunity to press world leaders to change tack on climate change.
