The oil and gas industry is touting voluntary efforts of companies to cut emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon, as it tries to make the case against regulations.
Carbon emissions from vehicles in Europe are inching up thanks in part to cars being bigger, heavier, and less efficient.
California and several other states have sued to block new exhaust emissions rules while the 9th Circuit has ruled that suits against fossil fuel companies should be heard in state courts.
Once upon a time, I lived in the city of Groningen. I still think it has the best quality of life of any city I’ve ever lived in or visited
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The actual harm to human welfare from hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is extremely low, finds a new study released today by the Fraser …
A new study shows that the abrupt thawing of the Arctic permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions — carbon that was once frozen in the permafrost ice. In fact, it is already changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north
But since the 1990s, swamp forests have been destroyed for agricultural use, usually to produce palm oil – a cheap vegetable oil used in food, cosmetics and biofuels. Because palm oil trees can’t grow …
Picture: John Fotiadis “That’s not just bad news for Iran. It also weakens the hand of Saudi Arabia, which has gone from jihad-encouraging frenemy to a nervous ally as it faces Iran across the Persian …
The ongoing growth of fracking in the U.S., plus the related buildout of pipelines … Shell’s gargantuan ethane cracker in Western Pennsylvania is one example, but the Gulf Coast is home to many more …
Research by three national laboratories has created a new process that converts ethanol to fuels in one step. The result could be a reduction in greenhouse gases from transportation by up to 96%