Fossil Fuel Archives - The Westside Story

Trump administration issues permits for disruptive seismic testing in the Atlantic

Dec 1, 2018

The Trump administration is allowing seismic testing for oil and gas deposits in the Atlantic Ocean, disruptive procedures that will put marine life in jeopardy, according to Newsweek. The National Marine Fishe...

Trump administration proposal would freeze rising standards for auto emissions

West Side Story

Aug 3, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

A new Trump administration proposal would cut back automobile fuel efficiency and emissions standards leftover from the prior administration, and would go even further to stop California from setting higher sta...

World’s largest solar energy park to open in Egypt next year

West Side Story

Aug 2, 2018

Environment, Science, World

The largest solar power project in the world will go online next year in the Egyptian desert, in a reversal for a nation that has long depended on cheap, subsidized fossil fuels, according to the LA Times. Egyp...

Lego to begin using sustainable plastics this year

West Side Story

Mar 3, 2018

Environment, Innovation, Science

Lego has announced it will release its first pieces made from sustainable plastic this year. The Danish toy company has said it plans to use sustainable materials for its products and packaging by 2030. They wi...

Benefits of Arctic drilling are unclear, while environmental damage is a certainty

West Side Story

Dec 31, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) first received federal protection in 1960, when President Eisenhower called on the nation to safeguard its “unique wildlife, wilderness and recreational values...

New wave of plastics investment runs counter to warnings from scientists

West Side Story

Dec 27, 2017

Environment, Science

A new wave of large investments in global plastic production threatens to exacerbate a global crisis of already epic proportions, according to a report from The Guardian. Fossil fuel companies and other investo...

China announces plan to ban fossil fuel cars by 2040

West Side Story

Sep 11, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

China, whose 1.4 billion people make up the world’s largest market for vehicles, announced that it will ban the production and sale of petrol and diesel cars “in the near future.” The decision comes after Brita...

Revisited spinning “rotor sail” design could cut emissions and costs for ships

West Side Story

Sep 7, 2017

Environment, Innovation, Science

A design for spinning “rotor sails” could potentially reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions from ocean ships. The concept was explored earlier in the 20th century, but failed to gain traction with low fu...

Trump prepares to roll back Obama-era emissions standards

West Side Story

Mar 17, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

The Trump administration is set to begin the process of rolling back carbon pollution standards from the Obama era. After meeting with automakers in Detroit, Trump asked the Environmental Protection Agency to b...

Manmade risk puts parts of Kansas and Oklahoma at similar quake risk as California

West Side Story

Mar 4, 2017

Environment, Science

A new US Geological Survey forecast indicates that areas of Kansas and Oklahoma are at risk for damaging earthquakes this year, as a direct result of human activity. The report puts the area at a similar risk f...

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