U.S.
Eaton Fire More Deadly Due to Series of Missteps, SoCal Edison Lawsuits Claim
Southern California Edison has filed lawsuits accusing Los Angeles County, local water agencies, and the Southern California Gas Company of a series of missteps that the utility says made last year's ...
Commercial Drivers Granted Another Extension for Use of Paper Medical Certificates
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended a temporary waiver permitting the use of paper certificates to verify that truck and bus operators are physically fit to drive. Effective ...
Tesla Gets 5-Week Extension in Probe of Full Self-Driving Traffic Violations
U.S. auto safety regulators have granted Tesla a five-week extension to respond to an investigation into whether its vehicles violated traffic laws while the Elon Musk-led company's Full Self-Driving ...
Another Record Hot Year Warns of Shifting, Dangerous Climate
Earth's average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that warming could be speeding up, international climate monitoring teams ...
EPA to Stop Calculating Health Care Savings From Key Air Pollution Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants. ...
$750K Chop Shop Theft Ring Busted in Arizona
A months-long investigation in Phoenix culminated in an organized crime ring chop shop bust, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) alert posted on Facebook this week. Its ...
Tesla Agrees to Mediation in Quest to Resolve U.S. Agency’s Racism Lawsuit
Tesla agreed to enter mediation that could resolve the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit accusing Elon Musk's electric car maker of tolerating severe and widespread harassment of ...
Lives Lost as Railroads, Regulators Thwart Safety Fixes: Report
Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring nearly 1,200. Yet federal railroad regulators failed to implement most of the ...