WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Science Committee says the Environmental Protection Agency’s actions in causing a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states were “inexcusable.”
The rollout of Toyota’s new Prius comes at an inauspicious time for gas-sipping vehicles. The Japanese automaker unveiled a sleeker version of the car that runs on gas and electricity at a glitzy event …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are telling a citizens oversight board that they know of 91 school energy-efficiency projects completed with funding from a green energy ballot initiative.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The rollout of Toyota’s new Prius comes at an inauspicious time for gas-sipping vehicles.
Alan Brown, writer and blogger for The Kavli Foundation contributed this article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. People could store it this form of solar energy in cars’ fuel tanks, distribute it through pipelines, and buy it in gas stations. Green plants and some bacteria basically do this every day, through photosynthesis, turning water and carbon dioxide into sugar.
Consumers are pleased with the price at the gas pump; the lowest in Fresno is $2.79.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states is shifting to Congress, where lawmakers this week kick off a series of hearings into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accident.
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips on Friday said it would support a UN climate change agreement if it met its own policy principles, including creating a “level playing among energy sources and between countries.” The comments by the Houston-based company were a clarification of its position on the proposed UN agreement after it earlier in the week answered ‘yes’ to a question in a
Ecuadoran villagers can seek to enforce in Canada a multi-billion-dollar Ecuadoran judgment against US oil giant Chevron on pollution in the Amazon rainforest, the country’s top court said Friday. Chevron’s Canadian subsidiary dismissed the ruling, calling the Ecuadoran judgment fraudulent and unenforceable. In Canada and in parallel legal fights in the United States and Brazil, the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio region have sought to collect compensation for the
TORONTO (AP) — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages over rainforest pollution.