Politics

A new refinery would satisfy demand for biofuels, but also increase crude-oil production.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released proposed standards that would further boost the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses, starting in the 2021 model year and running through 2027. The new regulations were announced on Friday by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and...

The capital city of Seoul wants to install more charging sites as a new tactic to spur electric-car adoption.

Tesla opposes other carmakers' attempts to change California ZEV rules.

The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid has the lowest electric range of any plug-in vehicle sold in the United States: just 11 miles. It's also among the top-selling cars that plug in, with more than 40,500 delivered since it went on sale in February 2012. Now out of production, the plug-in Prius...

Germany may increase incentives for electric cars as it works to grow their numbers.

California works to implement ambitious goals set by Governor Jerry Brown.

California's Zero-Emission Vehicle sales rules have been a major reason the state's drivers can now choose among two dozen different plug-in electric vehicles on sale today. Those rules will expand to cover more carmakers in 2018. And the behind-the-scenes jockeying by smaller makers to lessen the...

The leaders of the world's largest economies hope to gradually eliminate fossil fuels.

The USDA will match state funding of "blender pumps" for ethanol.

New legislation sets ambitious goals to combat climate change.

Beijing will exempt electric cars from a policy that restricts access to roads during rush hour.

The EPA wants to cut ethanol levels originally mandated by the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard.

Carbon guilt weighed heavily on my mind as I approached the car rental counter at the Salt Lake City Airport. The book I was reading on the plane (Sustainable Energy, by David JC Mackay) suggested that my portion of the energy for the round-trip plane ride from Boston and back would amount to...

Six states could soon levy separate taxes on electric cars.

Governments incur significant costs from dealing with the effects of fossil-fuel pollution, the International Monetary Fund finds.

Carpool lanes have been an accepted part of the landscape in California for more than 40 years now. But they're less well-known in Europe, where bus lanes have taken priority instead--largely due to pervasive and well-accepted mass transit systems. But now Germany is planning to test the concept of...

Georgia's income-tax credit for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle will become history in about six weeks. That poses a problem for the state's electric-car shoppers: Buy before June 30 to take advantage of the expiring credit, or wait for improved battery-electric cars expected to arrive...

It's now a widely-accepted tenet of today's U.S. political landscape: You just can't come out and advocate for higher taxes. For any purpose, under any circumstances, no matter what the end purposes. Any politician who does so will be punished by voters. DON'T MISS: Low Gas Price An Opportunity For...

The checkerboard pattern of constantly changing electric-car incentives and fees among the 50 American states often baffles outsiders. And as states go, Colorado has a mixed record. But its electric-car incentive turns out to have a quirk not shared by any other state, as far as we can determine...