Consumers Opting for Better Fuel Economy This Year
The fuel economy of the cars purchased inched up in the first six months, largely because consumers opted for smaller models, an analysis suggests.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Rating the Oil and Gas Sector
The oil and natural gas industry and the federal government have the least positive images, as they did in polling last year.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: A Rare Spider
The discovery of the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver halts construction at a highway underpass project in San Antonio.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Romney's Energy Adviser
Harold Hamm switched from opposing the Keystone XL pipeline to supporting it once a spur was added that could transport oil produced by his company.
View ArticleThe Etiquette of Electric Car Ownership
What to do when your electric car needs a charge and all the available plugs are taken?
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Toyota Retrenches on Electric Cars
The automaker says it misread market demand and will scale back its plan for mass sales of all-electric vehicles. It will add more hybrid models, however.
View ArticleObama-Backed Battery Maker Files for Bankruptcy
The company's troubles could provide new ammunition for Mitt Romney, who has criticized the Obama administration's green energy grant and loan programs.
View ArticleFor Hybrid Drivers, a Gas Pump Allergy?
Reluctant to fill their gas tanks, Chevy Volt hybrid owners tend to recharge their cars more frequently than drivers of the all-electric Nissan Leaf do.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Greening Formula One
Grand Prix race organizers agreed to limit cars traveling to and from the race by having visitors take shuttles. But what about the people flying in from other states and around the world?
View ArticleAn Energy Extravaganza
A special section of The Times explores innovation and looming challenges in the natural gas, oil, nuclear and renewable energy sectors.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Prescient Maps
Three-dimensional maps of flooding from a five-year-old report dovetail closely with what transpired when a superstorm pounded New York City on Monday and Tuesday.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Aerial Snapshots of the Storm Damage
NOAA posts "before" and "after" images of the Atlantic coastline, including the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Gasoline Rationing in New York
Buses, taxis and livery cabs, emergency vehicles, commercial vehicles and cars with doctors' plates are all exempt.
View ArticleAn Afterlife for the Electric Car
A prototype tests the potential for providing a market for past-their-prime batteries and providing storage for energy from intermittent sources like solar panels and wind machines.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Atlantic Panel Limits Catch of Crucial Fish
The harvesting of the menhaden will be reduced by 20 percent. Some environmental groups had sought a reduction of as much as 50 percent.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: A Parched Southwest
Global warming will lead to a steady drop in surface moisture in the southwestern United States, with broad social and ecological consequences, researchers predict.
View ArticleFood vs. Fuel in 2013
With cellulosic biofuel production almost nonexistent, soybean-based biodiesel and sugar-cane ethanol might have to make up the difference to meet a government quota.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: 'Promised Land'
A movie exploring conflicts over fracking, the controversial natural gas drilling process, draws mixed reactions.
View ArticleGrid Problems Curb India's Electric-Vehicle Appetite
When power flickers, so does consumer enthusiasm. Yet some manufacturers are pushing ahead with the idea that a profound need exists.
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