Democratic state legislators on Thursday rolled out an ambitious suite of bills aimed at improving the Front Range’s air quality — among the worst in the nation — by taking specific aim at the oil and gas industry. The three bills will focus on curbing toxic emissions from oil and gas drilling sites by changing … Read more
Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, believes the recent electric vehicle targets set out by Canada’s environment minister also carried this pointed message to Canada’s domestic auto industry: “Let them eat cake.” Volpe says he has come to this conclusion because he believes those goals, which include a national target of 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, cannot be … Read more
Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins. The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming, as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air … Read more
