Worried about heavy reliance on imported oil, Chinese officials have drafted automotive fuel economy standards that are even more stringent than those...
Ann Carlson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green
This is truly huge news and a big victory for the environment.
Mark Cooper | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green
Now that the speculative bubble in commodities has burst and with the global economy moving into recession, crude oil and gasoline prices are plummeting.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green
The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home
Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.
Carl Pope | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Yesterday Bush made it abundantly clear that McCain has joined his camp by ratifying what both Cheney and McCain said in the past two days -- it's time to give the oil industry what it wants.
Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes this morning to close debate on the energy bill passed by the House yesterday, setting the scene for a ...
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also...
New York Times | Keith Bradsher | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green