By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Tuesday announced the emergency use of a bird flu vaccine to protect the California condor, a critically endangered and magnificent animal that has already bounced back once from the brink of extinction. After finding a California condor dead from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican majority on a U.S. House of Representatives panel criticized two Environmental Protection Agency officials who declined to appear at a hearing Wednesday on a proposal by President Joe Biden’s administration’s to cut vehicle emissions and boost sales of electric vehicles. A spokesperson for the House Oversight Republican majority…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp was sued on Tuesday by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals. The proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court covers investors…
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a permit to allow the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline, a project a key Democratic senator has pushed in legislation to speed permitting of fossil fuel and renewable energy projects. The permit, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, allows the Equitrans Midstream…
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rural electric cooperatives, utilities, and other energy providers will soon be able to apply for nearly $11 billion in grants and loans for clean energy projects, funded by the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act signed into law last August, the Biden administration said on Tuesday. Expanding clean energy to rural…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he has vetoed legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that would repeal exemptions on American tariffs on imported solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations. The waivers for duties on panels made in Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, granted by Biden in June 2022, are set to…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday the Biden administration was “extremely focused” on reaching a “green steel” arrangement with the European Union and other partners that disadvantages carbon-intensive steel from China and elsewhere. Raimondo told an American Iron and Steel Institute conference in Washington that she was…
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party came out on top in Sunday’s elections in 10 of the 11 provinces hit by February’s earthquakes, with analysts saying his vow to rebuild devastated cities had reassured voters in what are mostly AKP strongholds. The ruling party’s strong showing,…
MUNICH (Reuters) – Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler accepted his role in committing fraud by negligence in the diesel emissions scandal, according to a statement made in German court on Tuesday, having agreed early in May to a deal which would get him a suspended sentence. The former CEO has been on trial for fraud…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Jersey’s two Democratic senators and the state’s governor said on Monday they are seeking to halt a plan by New York City to adopt a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, which would be the country’s first. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker urged U.S. Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete…
