U.S.
Bayer Reaches $80M PCB Contamination Settlement With Ohio
Bayer AG reached an $80 million settlement with Ohio to resolve environmental damage allegedly caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, made by the company's Monsanto business, the state ...
Consumer Group Demands Probe After NY Times Reports on Alleged Bias at State Farm
A national consumer rights group on Thursday called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after the New York Times reported on discrimination lawsuits filed ...
U.S. Increases Fines for Automakers Not Meeting Fuel Economy Rules
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sunday reinstated a sharp increase in penalties for automakers whose vehicles do not meet fuel efficiency requirements for model ...
U.S. Fuelmakers on Hook for Vehicle Emissions in New SEC Rule
U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday ...
Study: SUVs, Pickups Hit Pedestrians More Often Than Cars Do
Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars, according to a new study. The research released Thursday by the ...
Actuaries: Climate Change, More WUI Building Worsening U.S. Wildfires
Increasingly large and dangerous wildfires are being driven by the effects of climate change and more building in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), and while that notion may not be entirely new, ...
U.S. SEC Unveils Landmark Climate Change Risk Disclosure Rule
The U.S. securities regulator on Monday unveiled a landmark proposal requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose their climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of a push by President ...
U.S. to See ‘Meaningful’ Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2020s: Buttigieg
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on March 16 said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo "meaningful" developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully ...