Tag: Environment
GM to invest $1 billion to produce new heavy-duty pickups
Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, June 12, 2019.JEFF KOWALSKY [...]
States sue 3M, DuPont over ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Just outside of Bangor, Maine — the hometown of renowned horror author Stephen King — more than 500 students, faculty and staff arrive at Hermon High [...]
NRO Director Chris Scolese says commercial space fuels agency’s goals
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office plans to quadruple the number of satellites on orbit over the next decade. It will need commercial space compa [...]
Ford to use Tesla EV charging tech in partnership between rivals
DETROIT – Ford Motor will partner with Tesla on charging initiatives for its current and future electric vehicles in an unusual tie-up between the two [...]
Ford CEO Farley says Chinese automakers like BYD are biggest EV rivals
Ford CEO Jim Farley on Feb. 13, 2023 at a battery lab for the automaker in suburban Detroit, announcing a new $3.5 billion EV battery plant in the sta [...]
Astranis’ first internet satellite over Alaska working ‘perfectly’
The Arcturus satellite is seen en route to geosynchronous orbit.AstranisAstranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to provid [...]
Ford announces key EV minerals deals ahead of capital markets day
A Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum electric truck during the 2022 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022 [...]
Bitcoin cleans up the environment and helps catch criminals: US Senator Cynthia Lummis
U.S. Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming held a fireside chat with the founder and CEO of Chamber of Digital Commerce Perianne Boring during the [...]
U.S. Covid public health emergency ends
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe U.S. public health emer [...]
Nikola (NKLA) earnings Q1 2023
Nikola Motor CompanySource: Nikola Motor CompanyElectric heavy truck maker Nikola said Tuesday that it's "refocusing the company on North America" as [...]
SpaceX’s Starship costing about $2 billion this year
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | [...]
GM Chevy Bolt EV production to end later this year, Barra says
UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV during vehicle production on May 6, 2021, at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant [...]
Binance.US backs out of $1B Voyager asset purchase, blames regulatory environment
Binance.US has backed out of its agreement to purchase $1 billion of bankrupt cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital assets, the company announced i [...]
Mpox shows smallpox risk, vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic says
A health care worker prepares a dose of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2022.Pat [...]
State leaders taking on climate saw boost from fossil fuel
In October, Scott Fitzpatrick, then-treasurer of Missouri, announced his state would pull $500 million out of pension funds managed by BlackRock.He sa [...]