The Volkswagen diesel emission cheating scandal has become one of the most significant business stories in decades, so powerful and sustained that it fundamentally changed the way the financial markets operate, according ...
Economics & Business
Sep 22, 2016
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It's been 60 years since the Clean Air Act was introduced and it is well over-due an upgrade.
Environment
Sep 7, 2016
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A new study suggests that improvements in air quality over the Potomac watershed, including the Washington, D.C., metro area, may be responsible for recent progress on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists from ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2016
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A coalition of environmental groups sued federal regulators Tuesday over long-sought pollution standards for airliners and cargo planes.
Environment
Apr 12, 2016
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A recent BioScience paper provides the first comprehensive inventory of the world's biological field stations. Its authors report 1,268 stations are operating in 120 countries—from the tropics to the tundra, monitoring ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2016
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Volkswagen's new chief executive plans to present remedies for fixing diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests when he meets with the top U.S. environmental regulator this week.
Business
Jan 11, 2016
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The Environmental Protection Agency's October decision to tighten ozone smog standards has drawn the ire of critics on both the left and right. Environmentalists have argued that the proposed new 70-parts-per-billion (ppb) ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2015
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Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal widened Friday as the Environmental Protection Agency said that software allowing six-cylinder Volkswagen diesel engines to cheat on pollution tests is on more models than originally ...
Business
Nov 20, 2015
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Air pollution remains a major health hazard for our nation despite significant improvement in the U.S. air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act and formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2015
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In stock car racing, there's an old adage: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'. You could say the same sometimes for auto makers up against stricter environmental rules.
Business
Sep 29, 2015
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