EPA delays new ozone pollution standards until after 2024 election
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health
2023-09-06 12:29
Federal budget deficit expected to nearly double to around $2 trillion, government watchdog says
The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group.
2023-09-06 12:28
In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities
In a bid to slow down deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most
2023-09-06 09:51
What is green hydrogen and why is it touted as a clean fuel?
Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and industrial manufacturing
2023-09-06 09:18
US says 52 million air bag inflators should be recalled over rupture threat
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators produced by auto
2023-09-06 02:49
Prosecutors in all 50 states urge Congress to strengthen tools to fight AI child sexual abuse images
The top prosecutors in all 50 states are calling on Congress to study how artificial intelligence can be used to exploit children through pornography, and come up with legislation to further guard against it
2023-09-06 02:46
An equipment outage holds up United flights, but the airline and FAA say they're resuming
United Airlines flights have been prevented from taking off for a short time because of what federal officials are calling an equipment outage
2023-09-06 02:28
US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel
The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people
2023-09-06 01:50
Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off
The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters
2023-09-06 00:53
Trial starts in Sweden of 2 oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company have gone on trial in Stockholm for securing the company’s operations in Sudan through their alleged complicity in war crimes 20 years ago
2023-09-05 23:51
Nigerian workers walk off the job again to protest rising costs after removal of gas subsidies
Some employees in government offices in Nigeria walked off their jobs in protest of the growing cost of living due to the removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met
2023-09-05 23:27
Saudi Arabia, Russia plan to extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through the end of the year
Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices
2023-09-05 22:17