November 11, 2024 archive

Austin company fined $3 million for emissions defeating devices

    An Austin, Texas company known for selling thousands of car exhaust cheat devices that skirt air pollution regulations has been hit with a nearly $3 million from the EPA. The agency fined COBB Tuning, the firm that sold 90,000 of the “defeat devices” since 2015. The devices increase a vehicle’s performance by disabling …

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Tighter drilling restrictions on federal land announced by Biden administration

    A confrontation between the Biden administration and re-elected President Donald Trump is in  the making after the government announced plans Friday to create tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development in the name of protecting the greater sage grouse. The new rules could be reversed, if adopted, with the arrival of …

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