How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up.
Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns
A major new scientific report offers a road map for how countries can limit global warming, but warns that the margin for error is vanishingly small.
Can Anyone Satisfy Amazon’s Craving for Electric Vans?
The company has big plans to turn its delivery fleet green. But very few of the vehicles are made right now.
E.P.A. Announces Tighter Auto Pollution Rules
Under the new plan, designed to reduce planet-warming tailpipe emissions, new vehicles would be required to average 55 miles per gallon starting in 2026.
Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050
Under an executive order, the federal government would phase out the purchase of gasoline-powered vehicles, and its buildings would be powered by wind, solar or other clean energy.
Biden’s Made Progress on Climate, Even if Activists Can’t See It
Joe Biden's monumental environmental gambit.
Biden Wants to Slash Emissions. Success Would Mean a Very Different America.
Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes, researchers said.
How Green Are Electric Vehicles?
In short: Very green. But plug-in cars still have environmental effects. Here’s a guide to the main issues and how they might be addressed.
Could buying Porsche carbon offsets assuage your tailpipe guilt? Take our Twitter poll
Porsche has a new way for buyers to feel better about the environment, while purchasing a new performance vehicle: buy carbon offsets. The company announced its Porsche Impact program to sell carbon offsets based on the model buyers get and the type and amount of driving they do—that is, unless they want to wait for the company's new Taycan... Gasoline from solar and wind power: Zero-carbon doesn’t assure clean or efficient
The California startup Prometheus Fuels is one of many efforts aiming to scale up a process that can sound remarkably simple: “We remove CO2 from the air and turn it into gasoline.” The process, which has in recent years seemed alternately like a Holy Grail or a red herring for the oil and gas industry, has already been achieved. But... Gasoline from solar and wind power: Zero-carbon doesn’t assure clean or efficient
Prometheus Fuels is a California startup aiming to scale up a process that can sound remarkably simple that several have tried before: “We remove CO2 from the air and turn it into gasoline.” The process, which recently has been either a holy grail or a red herring for the oil and gas industry, isn't new. But it’s been waylaid... Democrats call to end global warming emissions (gasoline included) by 2050
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The powerful, Democratic-led House Energy and Commerce Committee put meat on the bones of the Green New Deal on Tuesday. The new plan called "100 by 50," aims to eliminate 100 percent of emissions that contribute to global warming by 2050. It was laid out by Republican Committee member Paul Tonko (NY), who said in a statement, “There is no... CO2 emissions in US could fall again in 2019, federal agency projects
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A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Agency forecasts that for the first time in two years annual carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. will decrease. The report, issued last week, forecasts that U.S. CO2 emissions will fall by 2.2 percent in 2019, in what it says is the largest decrease since 2015. After rising by 2.7 percent in 2018, the... Capitol Hill Democrats declare “climate emergency”
Many Americans consider climate change a global emergency that's worth pulling out all the stops to address—especially by buying and driving electric cars. Now, it turns out Democratic lawmakers in Washington agree. A bicameral group of Democrats on Capitol Hill introduced a resolution on Tuesday to declare climate change a national... As EPA heads toward emissions rollback, Americans are driving more
Policymakers have long pointed to two straightforward paths for cutting carbon emissions: cleaning up the vehicle fleet itself, by making it more efficient (and electrified), and reducing the total number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT). While the new-vehicle front is affecting serious progress—likely soon slowed by pending changes to... Mercedes-Benz lays out plan for carbon-neutral future
Mercedes-Benz's CEO-apparent Ola Källenius laid out a plan Monday, just after the Norway launch of its EQC electric SUV, that outlines the development of an entire "carbon-neutral" passenger-car fleet. Källenius, currently the head of product development at Mercedes, has been named future Chairman of the Board of management of Daimler... EPA report attributes extreme weather to climate change, despite recent position
The EPA published a report last week advising local governments to start planning for climate change, despite references by the agency's administrator that the worst effects of global warming won't be felt for another 50 to 75 years. The new report, "Guidance about Planning for Natural Disaster Debris," comes as the Trump administration is working... An Earth Day Twitter poll: When will it be socially unacceptable to drive a car with a tailpipe?
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Every year, as Earth Day rolls around, we survey the automotive landscape looking for progress in the industry's efforts to reduce emissions and limit global warming. We've identified a lot of progress recently. More than a dozen new electric models are set to go on sale in the coming year, and sales of plug-in models more than doubled in the past... Earth Day affirmation: New satellite data confirms Earth is warming and possibly at a faster pace
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Just in time for Earth Day, new satellite data corroborates scientists' findings that the Earth is warming at an alarming pace. The new data, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, corroborates findings from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies Surface Temperature Analysis that showed 2015, 2016, and 2017 were the... Global warming emissions hit record level in 2018, IEA reports
The International Energy Agency reported on Tuesday that global warming emissions reached a record level in 2018, despite efforts in the U.S., Europe, and China to reduce emissions with more sales of electric cars and cleaner power. Greenhouse gas emissions increased faster in 2018 than during any of the past six years. Worldwide, emissions of...