In addition to indicating a possible problem, smoke from the tailpipe means dirty emissions. Most states and some municipalities mandate periodic tailpipe-emissions testing. If your car is emitting ...

When your car smells, smokes, or drips, it’s trying to warn you. Learn how to spot the signs before your ride turns into a roadside fire.

The good news for would-be pranksters (and victims) is that shoving a banana or potato in a tailpipe is unlikely to cause ...

Besides the occasional smoky smell, your furnace should blow fairly odorless hot air. If you catch a whiff of these odors, it ...

The budge office wanted to weaken curbs on cars' soot- and smog-forming air pollutants as it unraveled a key climate policy.

Mazda has a neat idea for what is basically a CO2 diaper that could be part of combustion-engine exhaust systems.

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MEEKER — Weeks after the embers cooled from two major wildfires that hit Rio Blanco County this summer, recovery efforts are just getting warmed up. And some of those involved are advising that the ...

The financial future of the more than 75 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits remains in limbo as the trust fund reserves used to pay beneficiaries are projected to become insolvent ...

Mike Orndorff's path to building more than 90 houses in the Pettaway neighborhood of downtown Little Rock started with nine mobile homes in a trailer park off Baseline Road. A self-described military ...

The main burner in a high-efficiency furnace is a sophisticated piece of engineering designed to combust fuel (typically ...