Amazon, ExxonMobil Among Corporations Called Out Over Climate Transparency
Amazon.com, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Volvo are among more than 700 companies being targeted in a campaign backed by a large group of investors advocating for greater transparency when it comes to environmental impact.
June 17, 2019Oberon Receives Grant to Produce Ultra-Low-Carbon Transport Fuel
Oberon Fuels announced it received a $2.9 million grant from the California Energy Commission to produce for the first time in the United States renewable dimethyl ether, a clean-burning, ultra-low-carbon transportation fuel.
June 14, 2019Exxon, Saudis Bet on Plastic, Chemicals With Coastal Texas Plant
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled petrochemicals company formally approved construction of a chemical complex in Texas that will process production from the Permian Basin’s booming oil and natural gas wells.
June 14, 2019Future Is Now for Hydrogen as Fuel Source, IEA Says
Hydrogen, which has been touted as the fuel of the future much of the past five decades, finally may be on the verge of converting its potential to reality.
June 14, 2019Tanker Attacks Raise Prospects for Higher Rates, Lifting Shipping Stocks
Suspected attacks on two commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz fueled expectations for higher shipping rates, driving up shares of companies that operate tankers.
June 13, 2019NACFE Chooses 10 Fleets for Run on Less Regional Event
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency announced 10 fleets will participate in this fall’s Run on Less Regional, a freight-efficiency roadshow highlighting trucks that operate in a variety of regional-haul applications.
June 13, 2019EPA Issues Rule to Create Transparency, Prevent Manipulation of RINs Market
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to modify certain elements of the Renewable Fuel Standard compliance system to create more transparency and prevent manipulation of the Renewable Identification Number market.
June 13, 2019Canada Is First Nation to Sign Pledge to Slash Truck Emissions
Canada has become the first nation to endorse a pledge to speed global adoption of zero-emission and near-zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in key urban communities by 2025 and achieve full market penetration by 2040.
June 12, 2019Hold Up on the Fill-Up: Gasoline Is Set to Plunge at the Pump
Gasoline prices have been sliding steadily for several weeks, and they’re promising to get even cheaper as crude prices fall and the U.S. moves into the summer driving season.
June 11, 2019Saving the Planet With Electric Vehicles Means Strangling This Desert
Mining for lithium for electric vehicles is having an irreversible impact on the Atacama desert in Chile.
June 11, 2019