BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver
BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people
2023-12-02 22:53
At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it "smokescreen"
Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s U_N_ climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.”
2023-12-02 20:15
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
The United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit
2023-12-02 17:50
Biden rule aims to reduce methane emissions, targeting US oil and gas industry for global warming
The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy
2023-12-02 16:57
Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s
A federal jury in Illinois has delivered a verdict of $17.7 million in damages to several major food manufacturing companies who sued egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the supply of eggs in the U.S. years ago
2023-12-02 07:53
Rail union says Union Pacific layoffs of over 1,000 track maintenance workers jeopardizes safety
The head of the union that represents track maintenance workers says Union Pacific is jeopardizing safety by delaying nearly 1,200 planned projects until next year and laying off more than 1,000 workers
2023-12-02 04:50
Walmart latest big advertiser to pull out of Musk's X amid widening concerns over hate speech, reach
Walmart is the latest company to join the glowing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk’s beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform
2023-12-02 04:17
Michigan regulators approve $500M pipeline tunnel project under channel linking 2 Great Lakes
Michigan regulators have approved a $500 million plan to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes
2023-12-02 03:17
South Korea launches its first spy satellite after rival North Korea does the same
South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time
2023-12-02 03:16
Mexico's minimum wage will rise by 20% next year, to about $14.25 per day
Mexico's president says its minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day
2023-12-02 01:53
Nickel ore processing plant that will supply Tesla strikes deal to spend $115M in federal funds
Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy on how to spend nearly $115 million the federal agency awarded the project last year
2023-12-02 01:52
New England's decades-old shrimp fishery, a victim of climate change, to remain closed indefinitely
Regulators voted on Friday that New England’s long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely
2023-12-02 01:45