Big Oil Is Backing Methane Regulation
The oil industry has suddenly grown concerned about its methane emissions. In Houston, Shell executives urged the EPA to stick with federal regulations on methane. EOG Resources has agreed to Continue Reading
Trump team to scrap talks with California on auto emissions: official
U.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration’s plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official Continue Reading
Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990
The UK’s CO2 emissions peaked in the year 1973 and have declined by around 38% since 1990, faster than any other major developed country. Here, Carbon Brief presents detailed analysis Continue Reading
A climate problem even California can’t fix: tailpipe pollution
For three decades, California has led the fight to control tailpipe pollution, with countless policies promoting cleaner gasoline, carpooling, public transportation and its signature strategy – the electric vehicle. Californians Continue Reading
How This Oil Refiners Group Rallied GOP Governors’ Support for Trump’s Rollback of Auto Standards
As the Trump administration worked to revise and relax federal fuel economy and emissions standards for cars and light trucks, an oil refiners trade group worked connections with Republican governors Continue Reading
Chevron And Occidental Join Bill Gates Backed Tech Company
Chevron and Occidental Petroleum recently announced they will invest in Carbon Engineering Ltd., a Squamish, B.C. clean energy start-up company backed by among other, Bill Gates. Carbon Engineering has developed Continue Reading
NUS study finds correlation between PM2.5 pollution and employee productivity
A study by researchers from the National University of Singapore Department of Economics ( NUS Economics ) has found a correlation between pollution and productivity of employees. The researchers, led Continue Reading
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 — and it couldn’t happen at a worse time
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions rose an estimated 3.4 percent in 2018, according to new research — a jarring increase that comes as scientists say the world needs to be aggressively Continue Reading
E.P.A. Proposes Rule Change That Would Let Power Plants Release More Toxic Pollution
The Trump administration announced on Friday a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants, after nearly a decade of restrictions, to release into the atmosphere more mercury Continue Reading
US EPA proposes to revoke legal basis for Obama-era rule targeting coal plants
In a move with major implications for future air quality regulations, the US Environmental Protection Agency Friday proposed to rescind the legal justification for an Obama-era rule that has dramatically Continue Reading