Study: Holding Global Warming to 1.5 F Saves Most Species
The world’s nations can protect the vast majority of plant and animal species from climate change by limiting global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, a new study finds.
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EU’s Carbon Emissions Spiked in 2017, Agency Reveals
Despite hardline efforts to tackle carbon emissions and a prominent role in the Paris climate agreement, the European Union’s statistics office acknowledged Friday that emissions increased in 2017 due to a greater reliance on fossil fuels.
Read moreEU Citizens Lose Damages Suit Over Vehicle Emissions
The European General Court threw out a claim for damages Friday by nearly 1,500 people who say the EU’s relaxed attitude on vehicle emissions made them sick.
Read moreCalifornia Sues to Stop Rollback of Auto Efficiency Standards
Saying California’s conflict with the Trump administration “has sharpened,” Governor Jerry Brown announced a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accusing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt of illegally rolling back vehicle emissions standards.
Read moreMaryland Claws $33.5M More From Volkswagen
To settle claims that its defeat-device scheme polluted Maryland, Volkswagen and its luxury affiliates Porsche and Audi reached a $33.5 million deal with the state Wednesday.
Read moreVW Cheating Scandal
Two U.S. counties cannot sue Volkswagen for its emissions cheating scandal because only the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate that conduct, a federal judge ruled Monday, dismissing the their claims with prejudice.
Read moreEU Slams Heavy Slovak Tax on Emissions Trades
The European Union’s top court cracked down Thursday on Slovakia for levying an 80 percent tax on free greenhouse emission allowances that were supposed to spur emissions-reducing investments.
Read moreFord Exhaust Problem
A Long Island man who had to drive a Ford Explorer as his marked police vehicle claims in a federal class action that 2010-17 models had a dangerous exhaust problem that allowed carbon monoxide to ender the passenger compartments.
Read moreEPA Announces It’s Rolling Back Emissions Standards
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the agency is rolling back fuel emission standards for cars and trucks, calling the standards put in place by former President Barack Obama too restrictive.
Read moreStudy Highlights Importance of Plants in Water Cycle
Anticipating how rising atmospheric carbon dioxide will affect the water cycle, including extreme weather forecasts, is critical to preparing for and predicting the future of the planet.
Read moreTrump EPA Expected to Roll Back Auto Gas Mileage Standards
The Trump administration is expected to announce soon that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards that were a pillar in the Obama administration’s plans to combat climate change.
Read moreScientists Lay Out Plan to Use CO2 Emissions for Good – When We Can Capture Them
While scientists develop ways to affordably capture CO2 waste and convert it into useful molecules for industry, a team of researchers has outlined a vision for what can be made with the byproducts and how to go about it.
Read moreEmissions-Cheating Scandal
A class of BMW owners and lessees claim in a federal complaint that the German automaker’s diesel vehicles evade emissions standards with the help of Bosch software that senses when they are not in a test environment.
Read moreVirginia Airs Plan to Dramatically Reduce Carbon Emissions
Activists and citizens gathered in the state capitol Monday to support and comment on a proposal to make Virginia the first state in the South to limit carbon emissions and enter a multi-state carbon trading market.
Read moreFiat Chrysler Must Face Emissions-Cheating Claims
A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a nationwide class action accusing Fiat Chrysler of selling more than 100,000 “EcoDiesel” trucks tainted with emissions-cheating software.
Read moreFeds Accused of Unlawfully Withholding Carbon Emission Docs
The U.S. government’s failure to produce a report detailing greenhouse gas emissions and any steps taken to reduce the national carbon footprint has triggered a lawsuit by an environmental advocacy group.
Read moreAutomakers Roll Out New Battery-Powered Cars at Geneva Show
Global automakers are rolling out more electric vehicles at the Geneva International Motor Show as they try to challenge Tesla and get ahead of a disruptive shift in transportation toward lower-emission and autonomous vehicles.
Read moreGerman Government to Consider Label for Cleaner Diesel Cars
The next German government will consider a proposal to identify diesel vehicles with low emissions using a visible label soon after it takes office.
Read moreCheers, Protests as German Court Lets Cities Ban Diesel Cars
Handing environmentalists a landmark victory, a German court ruled Tuesday that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with far-reaching and costly implications in the country where the diesel engine was invented in the 1890s.
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