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Bills target corporate practices thwarting product repairs - Roll Call

There is bipartisan congressional interest behind bills to make it easier for consumers to repair what they own.

Roll Call · Nov 2, 2022

Proposed Georgia wood pellet mill at center of environmental fight

Activists and a group of South Georgia residents are calling for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt stricter oversight of wood pellet mills popping up across the region to feed global demand for biomass energy.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

‘Don’t watch us die of cold live on TV’: Ukraine official pleads for more air defence help

Exclusive: ‘We want our partners to understand that the Russian Federation is simply killing our people en masse,’ Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Zelensky tells Bel Trew in Kyiv

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Rivian Postpones Deliveries Of Trucks With The Largest Battery Until 2024

The Max Pack increases the R1T’s range from the current EPA-rated 314 miles to over 400 miles, but you'll have to wait until mid-2024 to take delivery.

InsideEVs · Oct 31, 2022

Tesla Giga Texas Built Its 20,000th Model Y

Tesla celebrates another milestone at its Giga Texas factory, which recently produced its 20,000th electric car.

InsideEVs · Oct 31, 2022

Soil and water testing underway in flood-ravaged Rochester over contamination concerns

As illness spreads in Rochester, the Environmental Protection Authority is testing water and soil to see how flood victims are being impacted.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

Appellate ruling may force another Supreme Court look at CFPB

WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency, potentially setting the stage for a test the Supreme Court sidestepped only two years ago when it declined to find the entire agency unconstitutional.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Auto review: Tons of R&D bring bold upgrades to Infiniti QX60

Infiniti says it invested 1.5 million hours in research and development for its redesigned 2022 QX60. It even put the three-row midsize SUV on hold for one year while engineers and designers worked on the long overdue renewal.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Appellate ruling may force another Supreme Court look at CFPB - Roll Call

An appeals court ruling that the consumer bureau's funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency.

Roll Call · Oct 28, 2022

Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world?

Paraquat is outlawed in the EU, UK, Switzerland and China as a growing chorus of US advocacy groups demand the EPA change its position

The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2022