Category: News

September 7 2017

Jaguar Land Rover Plans to Give Model Range an Electric Jolt

Jaguar Land Rover will offer electric options across its range of sleek sedans and upscale SUVs as the tradition-rich British carmaker pivots toward electric vehicles under pressure from the U.K. and other governments. By 2020, the entire range of Jaguar cars and Land Rover sport utility vehicles will be available in fully electric, plug-in hybrid […]

September 7 2017

Rare Earth Metals Electrified by China’s Illegal Mining Clean-Up

Rare earths are booming again as a clampdown on wildcat miners in China crimps supply in the world’s biggest producer while the clean energy boom bolsters their use in everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines. Prices for “light” rare earths including neodymium and praseodymium have exploded in recent months as traders and consumers snap […]

September 7 2017

There Are Now Three Hurricanes in the Atlantic

By Mark Chediak Three hurricanes are now churning in the Atlantic as the storm season is proving to be an active one. Jose and Katia joined Irma as hurricanes on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The last time there were three active in the Atlantic was seven years ago, according to a twitter […]

September 7 2017

Want Hydrogen With Your Fish? Japan Eyes Home Delivery of Fuel

Want a canister of clean energy to go with your basket of carrots and fresh fish? Hydrogen will soon be delivered to homes in northern Japan using the same delivery trucks that transport food and water bottles as part of a pilot project to encourage wider use of the clean fuel. The project, led by […]

September 6 2017

Hurricane Irma Menaces Florida After Wrecking Caribbean

Irma barreled toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico and devastating a chain of small Caribbean islands, as the Category 5 hurricane threatens to turn into the most expensive storm in U.S. history. Irma, one of three hurricanes churning toward North America, is forecast to hit Florida by Sunday afternoon, a prospect that has roiled markets […]

September 6 2017

Hurricane Irma Made Worse by Climate Change, Scientists Say

Climate change didn’t cause Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, but did make it much stronger, scientists in Germany and the U.K. said. Irma made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday and barreled toward Puerto Rico on a path that may bring it ashore in Florida and destroy […]

September 6 2017

Shell Expects Australia Gas Shortage to Trigger Export Restriction

The world’s second-biggest liquefied natural gas exporting nation will probably curb shipments next year to avoid a domestic shortfall of the fuel, according to the Australian head of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The Australian Energy Market Operator is likely to declare a shortage for eastern states in the next two to four weeks, Shell Australia […]

September 6 2017

The Climate Engineers Sucking CO₂ From the Atmosphere—and Making Money Doing It

More than a decade into their friendship, Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher can’t decide which of them is the thinker and which is the doer. They met in 2003 during their first week as undergraduates at ETH Zurich, a Swiss technical university, where they studied engineering and quickly bonded over their shared loves for mountain […]

September 6 2017

Geomagnetic Storm Unlikely to Disrupt U.S. Electricity Grid

A cloud of charged particles blasted from the sun is expected to reach Earth Wednesday and Thursday, potentially triggering a geomagnetic storm that could interfere with satellite navigation systems. An advisory for a G-3 storm was issued on Tuesday by the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado. That’s the mid-point on a five-step […]

September 6 2017

Irma Has Florida Bracing for Atlantic’s Strongest Storm Yet

Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday and barreled toward Puerto Rico on a path that may bring it ashore in Florida and destroy so much property that damages surpass Hurricane Katrina. Irma sent cruise lines and insurance stocks plunging, with Barclays Plc […]