Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50%www.nytimes.com A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.
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Why ‘broken’ regulations don’t stop workers from dying in the heatwww.politico.com It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The rules might never take effect.
Why ‘broken’ regulations don’t stop workers from dying in the heatwww.politico.com It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The rules might never take effect.
Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging.www.politico.com Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
Trump would withdraw US from Paris climate treaty again, campaign sayswww.politico.com The statement comes after years of conservatives laying the groundwork for Trump to withdraw from the global agreement intended to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases causing climate change.
Trump haunts stalled global climate talkswww.politico.eu A UN climate conference in Bonn ground to an irritated halt as everyone waits on the US election.
Biden pulls back on tightened car and truck fuel standardswww.politico.com The new CAFE standards for the popular classes of vehicles will require more modest mileage improvements than the Biden administration had called for last year.
Susan Spencer-Wendel, Memoirist About Living and Losing Life, Dies at 47 (Published 2014)www.nytimes.com After learning she had an incurable muscle-wasting disease, she wrote “Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living With Joy” mostly on a smartphone with one thumb.
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POLITICO Pro: Oil collusion allegations hand Democrats a new election weaponsubscriber.politicopro.com “We are definitely going to use this,” Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, said in an interview.
Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry saywww.politico.com "This is a scandal" and "an indictment of the system" — but probably legal, one legal watchdog told POLITICO.
‘A little bold and gross’: Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to signwww.politico.com The effort stems from the industry’s skepticism that the Trump campaign will be able to focus on energy issues as election day draws closer.
Tracking Biden’s spending: Can the president Trump-proof his $1.6 trillion legacy before the election?www.politico.com President Joe Biden is racing to spend money to green the economy, outcompete China and fix crumbling roadways in hopes voters reward him in November.
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4 takeaways on Biden's energy and infrastructure spending planspoliti.co POLITICO’s examination of Biden's $1.6T energy and infrastructure programs shows a massive set of struggling initiatives.
Tracking Biden’s spending: Can the president Trump-proof his $1.6 trillion legacy before the election?www.politico.com President Joe Biden is racing to spend money to green the economy, outcompete China and fix crumbling roadways in hopes voters reward him in November.
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Beyond shock and awe: Inside Trump's potential second-term agendawww.politico.com From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.