europe
-
Honda Is Sprinting To Electrify All Of Its Cars Sold In Europe
Honda is moving its European models away from being powered entirely by internal combustion far more quickly than it had previously announced. The carmaker will shift to electrified powertrains — hybrids, in this case — across its model range in as little as two years. The following is from Honda’s 2020 European Environmental Report:
-
Offshore Wind Is on the Brink of Becoming So Cheap, the UK Will Pay People to Use It
The fossil fuel industry and its allies love saying that renewable energy increases utility bills. But in the UK, new research shows that coming offshore wind farms could actually make bills more affordable.
-
White House Advisor Flops On Whether Travel Bans Work During Pandemics
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a travel ban on flights coming from 26 European countries on Thursday, something that many public health experts believe is ineffective now that COVID-19 is spreading quickly in the United States. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of President Trump’s top health experts, is defending the ban, despite saying just a…
-
Trump Finally Admits COVID-19 Is Serious, Blames Europe For Spread Of ‘Foreign’ Virus
In a speech to the nation on Thursday, President Donald Trump partially blamed the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic to the United States on Europe, announcing that the White House will take the unprecedented step of suspending travel by most foreign nationals from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days, effective March 13. The…