Airline industry weighs ‘heightened’ concerns amid Iran-Israel tensions
As tensions rise between Iran and Israel following Tehran’s attack over the weekend, several airlines have halted their flights amid security concerns.
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Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback
The Maryland Legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest and use the personal data of consumers and young people — despite strong objections from industry trade groups representing giants like Amazon, Google and Meta.
New freight crew rule tests rail industry's clout, one year after East Palestine disaster
One year after the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment created an environmental disaster, the Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled new regulations intended to shore up freight rail safety. A new rule finalized by the Federal Railroad Administration will require freight trains in the United States to operate with at least two crewmembers in most circumstances. The government previously instituted a two-person crew requirement, but a loophole allowed railroads to keep operating one-person crews without performing a rigorous risk assessment or notifying regulators. "Common sense tells us that large freight trains, some of which can be over three miles long, should have at least two crew members on board - and now there's a federal regulation in place to ensure trains are safely staffed," Transportation Secretary
Ukraine’s Arms Industry Is Growing, but Is It Growing Fast Enough?
Ukraine’s military had only one Bohdana artillery cannon in its arsenal when Russia invaded the country two years ago. Yet that single weapon, built in Ukraine in 2018 and able to shoot NATO-caliber rounds, proved so effective in the earliest days of the war that it was trucked to battlefields across the country, from the northeastern city of Kharkiv to the southwestern coast along the Black Sea and points in between.
The Gas Industry Gutted Green Building Codes. Now, Republicans Want To Go Further.
A week ago, fossil fuel companies pulled off an 11th-hour win in their fight to keep climate-friendly measures out of the next national homebuilding guidelines, successfully lobbying the private entity that writes the country’s model building codes to strip out rules that would make it cheaper for homeowners to go electric.
Yellen says China’s rapid buildout of its green energy industry ‘distorts global prices’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called out China’s ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling it unfair competition that “distorts global prices” and “hurts American firms and workers, as well as firms and workers around the world.”
Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds
A new report says the federal government is providing billions of dollars in financial support for the fossil fuel industry, despitemeasures announced last year to limit certain types of subsidies for the oil and gas industry.
TikTok bill faces uncertain fate in the Senate as legislation to regulate tech industry has stalled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous.