World Bank will stop funding oil, gas exploration in 2019

Coal-fired Nanticoke Generating Station, Ontario, Canada, now being converted to 44-MW solar farmIt's not just the world automotive industry that's grappling with rapid changes brought about by the need to reduce the effects of climate change. The world's fossil-fuel extraction, refining, and delivery industries are also faced with the reality that two centuries of burning their core products hurts the planet and has already exacerbated...

Reports of diesel’s death are greatly exaggerated

Diesel fuel pumpThe fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal has cost the fuel plenty of not-so-great headlines, but the idea that diesel will soon die off entirely for passenger vehicles simply isn't true. A report in The Car Connection compiled the proof to show diesel is far from its deathbed. There remain more diesel vehicles on sale today than there have...