With electric cars back in the headlines, it’s time to remember why we should bother making the transition away from oil. In our recent research looking at attitudes towards electric vehicle uptake, we pointed to some of the factors making the case for change. We need to remind ourselves that burning oil, a finite resource, […]

Hawaii residents already paying the nation’s highest rates for electricity soon may see a sharp increase in prices because of international regulations for ships set to go into effect in 2020. That’s the conclusion of Shasha Feharaki, a Honolulu-based energy analyst. The issue: the world’s ships soon will be required to use low-sulfur fuel oil, […]