Monday, 12 May 2025

USA

AnalysisClimateEmissionsPolitics

Climate, a major separator for Biden and Trump, is a dividing line in many other races, too

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big stakes for climate policy. In campaigns for...

EnvironmentMiningNews

US, Canada to review pollution of US waters by British Columbia coal mines

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and the United States have agreed to review a long standing cross-border dispute that involves pollution...

NewsOil

Oil sheen off California possibly caused by natural seepage from ocean floor, Coast Guard says

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An oil sheen spotted off the Southern California coast last week was possibly caused by a natural seep...

ElectricityEmissionsGeothermalNews

Heat pumps that fit in apartment windows promise big emissions cuts

NEW YORK — For 27 years, the heat in Regina Fred’s Queens apartment building came from a noisy steam radiator that she couldn’t...

Fisker Ocean electric SUV vehicles are shown at one of the company’s sales, service and delivery centers in Vista, California, U.S., May 22, 2024.   REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

What are EV startups doing to ride out weak demand?

(Reuters) -Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, the latest electric-vehicle startup to succumb to fundraising difficulties, slow sales, as well as supply...

AnalysisNatural Gas

US natural gas pipeline accidents pose big, unreported climate threat

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch (56-cm) pipeline buried under...

BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

GM resumes sales, cuts price of Chevy Blazer EV after software issue

General Motors said on Friday it is resuming sales and cutting the price of its Chevrolet Blazer EV after software quality issues prompted...

EmissionsNewsPolitics

Texas challenges US EPA limits on oil and gas industry methane emissions

Texas sued the U.S. government over Environmental Protection Agency rules published on Friday, that crack down on the oil and gas industry’s releases...

CourtsEmissionsNewsPoliticsRegulations

US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA’s new soot pollution rule

Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for...

AutomotiveBusinessNewsTransport

Rivian shows off smaller, less expensive EVs, hastens delivery plans

LAGUNA BEACH, California – Rivian on Thursday introduced its smaller, less expensive electric R2 SUVs and R3 crossovers with plans to start producing...