emissions
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Plants in New York City Can Absorb All Car, Bus and Truck Emissions on Summer Days
You may not think of New York City as an excessively green place, but life has found a way into every nook and cranny of the Big Apple not taken up by concrete. There’s so much green, in fact, that on certain summer days New York’s plant life reduce CO2 by up to 40 per…
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Aussie Law Firm Launches Legal Action Against Mercedes-Benz Over Alleged Emissions ‘Cheat Devices’
An Australian law firm has filed legal proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court against Mercedes-Benz over alleged ‘cheat devices’.
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New California Bill Will Pay Residents Around $AU1,500 for Not Owning a Car
California state officials are doing everything they can to bring down the state’s emissions, even though the grid isn’t quite up to the task of handling all those EVs. On Wednesday, state officials took things a step further and passing a bill that would give a tax credit to income-challenged residents who don’t own cars,…
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The Hummer EV Makes More Emissions than a Chevy Malibu Because It’s a “Performance-Oriented EV”
Researchers are calling the Hummer EV’s eco-friendliness into question, but General Motors says the research is missing the point. A study the ACEEE released in June claimed the Hummer EV has higher CO2 emissions than a Chevy Malibu. The electric Hummer’s upstream emissions are partially caused by fossil fuels in the U.S. power grid, but,…