Porsche pulled into VW emissions-cheating scandal with new EPA charges
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday levied additional charges against Volkswagen, pulling its subsidiary Porsche into the global emissions-cheating scandal.
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Ethanol from corncobs: A cure for climate change?
The next generation of ethanol plants, including one that opens Friday in Nevada, Ia., could play a large role in reducing the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, industry and environmental leaders said.
Turn your Halloween pumpkins into power
With the passing of Halloween, millions of pounds of pumpkins have turned from seasonal decorations to trash destined for landfills, adding to more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced in the United States every year. This Halloween, think of turning this seasonal waste into energy as a very important “trick” that can have a positive environmental and energy impact.
Climate change will be an economic disaster for rich and poor, new study says
The new paper by Solomon M. Hsiang and Edward Miguel of Berkeley and Marshall Burke of Stanford suggests that rich countries aren’t immune from the economic hit, as others have postulated.
VW diesel scandal puts focus on other alt-fuel tech
Technologies that combine electricity with traditional engines are becoming commonplace. Within a few years, you’ll be hard-pressed to find an engine that doesn’t shut off when you’re idling at a stop light, recapture energy from braking and get an battery-assisted boost for passing.
Climate change could soon push Persian Gulf temperatures to lethal extremes, report warns
Rising global temperatures could soon push the sun-baked cities of the Persian Gulf across a threshold unknown since the start of civilization: the first to experience temperatures that are literally too hot for human survival.
It’s undeniable: Climate change made Hurricane Patricia worse
How did Patricia get to be so strong? The answer, quite simply, involves human-caused climate change.
MIT researchers: ‘Methanol is a viable transportation fuel’
A team of MIT scientists has completed a study of using methanol as a gasoline substitute, and they’ve concluded that “methanol is a viable transportation fuel.”
Consumer Reports: Hybrids are more reliable than plug-ins and EVs
Out of the five BEVs included in the report, only the Nissan Leaf was said to have average reliability.
Benzene in traffic emissions tied to childhood leukemia
Traffic pollution near the home – and specifically, benzene in the air – increases the risk of one type of childhood leukemia, according to a nationwide study in France.
