** Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who former President Trump named his vice presidential running mate Monday, is broadly aligned with the former president on climate and environmental issues, minimizing the threat of climate change and calling electric vehicles a “scam.” Political reported Vance has not gone as far as the former president, who has falsely …
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** Thomas Matthew Crooks was one of several students who appeared in the background of the 2022 ad and was unpaid, BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, said in a statement.tthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who shot and injured former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, briefly appeared in an advertisement for BlackRock Inc., the …
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** U.S. officials announced a $241 million settlement with Marathon Oil over alleged air pollution violations at dozens of the company’s oil and gas facilities on a North Dakota Indian reservation, saying it was part of an ongoing crackdown. ** More than a dozen Democratic senators called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to relax guidelines around federal …
Red-faced Colorado Congresswoman over court ruling?
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert had the tables turned on her this week as she pressed EPA Administrator Michael Regan during a House Committee hearing. Her questioning of Regan displayed her lack of understanding of the recent U.S.Supreme Court ruling that overturned the so-called Chevron decision. It also allowed Regan and a New York Democratic …
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** The Biden administration announces $1.7 billion to retool or expand 11 auto plants in eight states for electric vehicle manufacturing, including $500 million for General Motors to convert a Michigan assembly plant. ** Tesla’s share of the U.S. electric car market falls to less than 50% in the second quarter as the popularity of General Motors, …
Oklahoma offers another $6.5 million from VW settlement fund
In another move aimed at reducing emissions from cars and trucks, the State Department of Environmental Quality is offering $6.5 million from the Volkswagen Settlement Trust On-Road Program. DEQ said the money is available for a reimbursement program to replace or repower eligible on-road vehicles, and some vehicles are eligible for up to 100% …
Denver’s Suncor refinery hit with new long list of pollution violations
After making a $10.5 million settlement three years ago for pollution violations in Colorado, Suncor was hit this week with another round of violation claims by the EPA and Colorado regulators. Suncor was named in a 140-page list of alleged new violations. They were drawn up by the EPA’s regional office and accused …
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** Exxon Mobil said on Monday lower natural gas prices and refining margins are expected to hit the oil major’s second-quarter earnings. The oil major would be reporting its first earnings after closing the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion, with the combined operations making it the largest oil producer in the Permian basin. ** …
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** Rail cars carrying hazardous materials derailed in North Dakota on Friday and caught fire, the latest train derailment in the U.S. as concerns over railroads remain high. Twenty-nine cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train derailed around 3:45 a.m. in a marshy area surrounded by farmland that’s about 140 miles northwest of Fargo, according to Andrew Kirking, …
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** Rail cars carrying hazardous material that derailed early Friday were still burning more than 12 hours later in a remote area of North Dakota, but officials said no one was hurt and the threat to those living nearby appeared to be minimal. Twenty-nine cars of a CPKC train derailed around 3:45 a.m. in a marshy area surrounded by …