Fisker Automotive Loan to be Auctioned – DOE Mostly Likely Will Lose
I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the chips just didn't fall right for Fisker Automotive. Fisker's defaulted loan is...
Wasted Food Harms the Climate
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has already determined that 33% of all food globally is wasted. That’s not news. What is...
Exxon Mobile Busted Again for Environmental Infractions
Earlier this week, news came out that in 2010 XTO Energy, Inc., an Exxon Mobil Fracking company, received an unexpected visit from the Environmental...
China Tackling Air Pollution, But Faces Big Challenges
China's fast economic growth has been backed up by fast and dirty coal power plants to meet new energy requirements of the rapidly expanding...
Coal Plants in the US, the Greenhouse Gas Elephant in the Room
Coal plants, both here in the US and abroad, are the dirtiest when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions but, for some reason, don't...
City CarShare DASH Adds Thirty Scion iQ EV to Car-Sharing Fleet in Northern California
Business owners with a green streak, those located at Hacienda in Pleasanton, California, specifically, will be happy to note that City CarShare has added...
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What is Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), Anyways? [Video]
As petroleum reserves extracted by typical methods begin to run dry, many opportunistic petroleum companies have turned to hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas...
EU Parliament Might Limit Biofuel Production, But Should They?
Biofuel production from food crops has been a subject of heated discussions over the past week at the European Parliament. The previously agreed target...
Western Australia Innovating Carbon Management Practices
According to researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA), in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA), Western Australia’s surface...
Global Food Waste Carbon Dioxide Emissions Equivalent to Three Billion Cars
Ask anyone about carbon dioxide emissions and, depending on their field of interest, they may respond with changes facing the automotive industry, or perhaps...
