The Tesla Model S and X boasts a 100 kWh battery pack and is the longest range vehicle Tesla has manufactured. The Tesla Model S and X , the electric car maker’s longest range vehicles, are waiting on approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Electrek .
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Tesla Awaiting Regulatory Approval to Begin Delivering Longest Range Vehicle
The Tesla Model S and X boasts a 100 kWh battery pack and is the longest range vehicle Tesla has manufactured. The Tesla Model S and X , the electric car maker’s longest range vehicles, are waiting on approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Electrek .
Trump Set to Roll Back Federal Fuel-Economy Requirements
In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public … Works Committee. On inauguration eve, five law professors filed a brief in support of a 2015 regulation giving EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers discretion to regulate tributaries and wetlands far upstream from navigable lakes and rivers to protect water quality.
Trump’s Spectacle Misdirects Us From Our Government’s Destruction
Making people “Look over there!” is a classic magician’s trick. The magician misdirects the audience’s attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket.
EPA Withdraws Obama-Era Request for Data On Oil, Natural Gas
The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is withdrawing an Obama-era request that oil and natural gas companies provide information on methane emissions at oil and gas operations. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the withdrawal is effective immediately, adding that he wants to assess the need for the information the agency has been collecting under a directive issued in November.
Trump wants to cut $54 billion in spending from domestic…
Trump wants to cut $54 billion in spending from domestic agencies – that’s enough to wipe several of them out On Monday, administration officials told various news outlets that President Trump’s forthcoming budget proposal will include a $54 billion increase in defense spending. To pay for it, the Trump administration plans to cut the budgets of domestic agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department, and various foreign aid programs.
Trump wants to cut $54 billion in spending from domestic…
Trump wants to cut $54 billion in spending from domestic agencies – that’s enough to wipe several of them out On Monday, administration officials told various news outlets that President Trump’s forthcoming budget proposal will include a $54 billion increase in defense spending. To pay for it, the Trump administration plans to cut the budgets of domestic agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department, and various foreign aid programs.
Scott Pruitt’s emails reinforce his coziness with the very…
After a close Senate vote on Friday, Scott Pruitt ascended from the position of frequent critic of the Environmental Protection Agency to become its boss. Up until the last minute before the vote, Democrats objected to the former Oklahoma Attorney General’s confirmation.
Trump’s new EPA chief barely mentioned the environment in…
Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency critic who recently took over the agency as part of the Trump administration, gave his first address in his new position Tuesday. The former Oklahoma Attorney General mentioned “important, monumental issues with respect to our future and our environment,” but avoided a number of issues central to the EPA’s mission – such as air and water protection, cleanups, public health, and environmental monitoring.
Trump vs Nordstrom: The latest bout raising ethical concerns
In this May 13, 2016 file photo, the Nordstrom logo is displayed above the post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Nordstrom shares sunk after President Trump tweeted that the department store chain had … treated his daughter Ivanka “so unfairly” when it announced last week that it would stop selling Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line.
Where Will Northern Dynasty Minerals Be in 10 Years?
There is one minor detail, though: It hasn’t done much mining. That’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nixed the company’s plans to develop the Pebble Project in Alaska in 2014 after ruling that it could threaten the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
Valero Energy Works Through a Tough Operating Environment to Churn Out Profits
Revenue and earnings were in line with expectations as a weak refining environment and high compliance costs continued to weigh on decent operations at the company level. The one thing that was different, though, was a recent announcement from its subsidiary partnership, Valero Energy Partners , that shows a change in strategy.
Claims coal-fired plant polluted river: Utility on trial
Environmental groups said in court Monday that the Tennessee Valley Authority is essentially storing toxic ash from an aging Tennessee coal-fired power plant in a colander, letting pollutants seep into a major river in violation of the Clean Water Act. In the bench trial that began Monday in federal court in Nashville, TVA responded that the Tennessee Clean Water Network and Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association can’t prove the federal utility is polluting the water supply in violation of the law or its permits at the Gallatin Fossil Plant, 40 miles outside Nashville.
Week One of Go to Hell, America
Trump issued largely unconstitutional global gag order on international NGOs providing women’s health care and family planning services Froze all research grants for, and issued gag order on the EPA, with promise to defund and destroy agency that provides invaluable research and protects water supply, air quality, everyday life, the planet itself.
Fiat Chrysler Halted as EPA Alleges Diesel Emissions Cheat
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV shares were halted after plunging the most intraday on record as the U.S. government accused the company of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in about 104,000 vehicles. The Environmental Protection Agency alleges Fiat Chrysler violated the Clean Air Act by installing and failing to disclose the software in Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicles and Ram 1500 pickups sold in the U.S., according to a statement.
Fiat Chrysler Shares Crash on Diesel Emission Accusations
Fiat Chrysler was drawn into the automotive emissions scandal Thursday as the Environmental Protection Agency moved to accuse the automaker of violating the Clean Air Act on some of its diesel engines. The EPA is expected to say Fiat used software that allowed it to exceed diesel emission caps in about 100,000 trucks and SUVs sold in the U.S. since 2014.
JPMorgan Found in Probe to Have Retaliated Against Adviser
JPMorgan Chase & Co. wrongfully fired a financial adviser in retaliation for publicly complaining that managers pressured him to sell the bank’s own investment products, a federal investigator found.
Capito announces committee assignments
Capito will continue to serve on the U.S. Senate Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration.
Why White House released report on regulation when no one was looking
While most of us were enjoying the holidays and opening our presents, the Office of Management and Budget belatedly released its required annual report to Congress on the costs and benefits of regulations. The report tallies agency analyses of the costs and benefits of regulations issued between October 2014 and September 2015.
From Uber to orcas: New California laws going into effect in 2017
AB1687 allows public figures to request that the popular movie database site remove their age and/or birthday from the site. The move was intended to curb age discrimination in Hollywood, but many experts have said the law is unconstitutional.
Icahn Sees Doubts About Ethanol Mandate Among Trump’s Advisers
Billionaire Carl Icahn, a special adviser to Donald Trump and a skeptic of the U.S. ethanol mandate, said there are others on the president-elect’s team who have even deeper criticisms of the program. Icahn repeated criticism of the credit trading program that regulators and refiners use to track compliance with federal biofuel consumption quotas.
VW Gets Weekend for – Intense’ Talks on Diesel-Cheating Case
A federal judge said Volkswagen AG has made “substantial progress” toward a settlement to get about 80,000 Audi, VW and Porsche vehicles with emissions-cheating 3.0-liter diesel engines fixed or off U.S. roads. Lawyers for the carmaker, consumers and the Justice Department have assured the court that negotiations are ongoing, but VW may be headed to trial if an agreement isn’t reached.