Trump signs law rolling back disclosure rule for energy and mining companies
President Trump signed a measure Tuesday that could presage the most aggressive assault on government regulations since President Reagan.
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Heroic driver sacrifices his Tesla to save unconscious man in runaway Volkswagen
Near Munich, Germany, a man in a Tesla Model S saw a Volkswagen Passat swerving erratically on the Autobahn, slamming against a guardrail multiple time
Time is ‘running out’ to protect London children: major air pollution warning from top doctors
The medics, including more than 100 from London, wrote to Theresa May urging her to start phasing out diesel vehicles as soon as possible to cut harmful fumes on the streets of the capital and other cities and towns.
India’s air pollution rivals China’s as world’s deadliest
India’s rapidly worsening air pollution is causing about 1.1 million people to die prematurely each year and is now surpassing China’s as the deadliest in the world, a new study of global air pollution shows.
Oil spill near Chennai, India, threatens wildlife
Thousands of volunteers and Indian Coast Guard personnel were working on Friday to clean sludge from shores near the southern city of Chennai nearly a week after an oil spill that activists said could have dire repercussions for wildlife and fishery.
Trump’s border tax could further reduce Mexican oil’s U.S. ties
President Trump’s proposed tariff on Mexican goods has the country’s oil industry considering just how much it needs the American market.
Electric car boom fuels interest in Bolivia’s fragile salt flats
In the middle of a vast salt desert in Bolivia, tour guide Angel Calani crouches down and jabs his index finger into the crusted earth. “Litio,” he announces as he withdraws his finger, now glistening with brine.
OPEC shrugs off threat of U.S. cutting oil imports
OPEC’s two biggest suppliers to the U.S. shrugged off a vow by President Donald Trump to end dependence on the group’s oil, saying the world’s biggest economy would continue to need crude from abroad.
Islamic State steps up oil and gas sales to Assad regime
Islamic State has ramped up sales of oil and gas to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. and European officials said, providing vital fuel to the government in return for desperately needed cash.
Drug cartels are looting Mexican gas pipelines
Mexicans are furious. They’ve demonstrated against the gasolinazo, or “gas shock,” across the country, and have marched on Paseo de la Reforma, the iconic main business boulevard of the nation’s capital.
