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Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

Nov. 12, 2024 07:26 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration. The Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive...

US top climate negotiator: 'We won't revert back' as Trump prepares to take over

Nov. 12, 2024 01:48 AM EST

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy economy won't reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. During the...

US agency says Tesla's public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can't

Nov. 08, 2024 17:21 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves, conflicting with owners manuals and briefings with the agency saying the electric vehicles need human supervision. The National...

As sports betting addiction takes hold in Brazil, the government moves to crack down

Nov. 08, 2024 11:33 AM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — “King” doesn’t disclose his real name. Even clients of his Sao Paulo newsstand have to call him by his moniker. The Brazilian online sports gambling addict lowered his profile after a loan shark threatened to put bullets in his head if he didn’t pay up. ...

Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda

Nov. 06, 2024 19:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda. A few...

Republican Tim Sheehy defeats 3-term incumbent to flip Montana US Senate seat

Nov. 06, 2024 17:05 PM EST

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Tim Sheehy bolstered the GOP’s newly acquired Senate majority with a victory over three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in a contest of national importance that featured a record-setting torrent of spending by the two sides. Sheehy, a former...

Corning faces EU antitrust scrutiny over Gorilla Glass deals with phone makers

Nov. 06, 2024 12:33 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Corning is facing European Union antitrust scrutiny after the bloc's watchdog said Wednesday it's investigating the speciality glass maker's exclusive deals for its Gorilla Glass used in cellphones. The European Commission, the 27-nation EU's top antitrust enforcer,...

Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren wins third term in US Senate

Nov. 05, 2024 22:29 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren won a third term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, further cementing her role as a key progressive voice in the state and on Capitol Hill. Warren fended off a challenge from Republican John Deaton, an attorney who moved to the...

With carbon capture boom, a wariness in historic Louisiana Black community over more pollution

Nov. 01, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch Friday with a challenge to the state's approval process. The battle over the plant is occurring despite the fact that part of the impetus to...

Chewy slides after filing shows third-biggest shareholder, 'Roaring Kitty,' sold his stake

Oct. 30, 2024 08:47 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Chewy slid close to 2% in overnight trading Wednesday after a regulatory filing revealed that the meme stock trader known as Roaring Kitty had sold his stake in the online pet store. A beneficial ownership filing with the Securities and Exchange...