Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Trump administration is proposing to auction offshore oil ...

Abstract: The measurement of oil tank volume holds significant safety and economic implications. A common method of measurement is the use of 3-D scanning point clouds. However, point cloud data ...

Abstract: The current interior design platform can create three-dimensional drawings of interior items based on their shapes. Based on recent research, it creates realistic, three-dimensional pictures ...

Most plastic forks, bottles, and shopping bags ever made still exist somewhere. Most are buried in a landfill or drifting in the oceans. Petrochemical plastics have been perhaps humanity’s greatest ...

Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel pumps, for example. It ...

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Many oil price forecasts, particularly those from the International Energy Agency and net-zero organizations, consistently predict a glut by ignoring contradictory data or using flawed computer models ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday unveiled its long-term schedule for new Alaskan and Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas leases that are part of President Donald Trump's ...

The Department of the Interior has launched new policies reflecting President Trump’s energy agenda. These include ending wind energy zones on federal land, reviving offshore oil production, ...

July 8 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday took steps to make it easier for oil and gas companies to "commingle" multiple U.S. onshore drilling lease applications. The proposed ...