by Reuters | Sep 21, 2022 | Business, Environment, Europe, Health, Politics, US
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to speed the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the...
by Reuters | Sep 20, 2022 | Environment, Latin America, Top News, US
By Ivelisse Rivera and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/Santo Domingo (Reuters) -Hurricane Fiona was churning north on Monday night after bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to the Dominican Republic and a total power outage in neighboring Puerto...
by Reuters | Sep 9, 2022 | Business, Environment, Top News, US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -A tropical storm approaching Southern California on Friday threatened to bring high winds that could whip up wildfires and heavy rainfall that could trigger flash floods, but the system will also bring relief from a brutal, 10-day heat...
by Reuters | Sep 5, 2022 | Environment, Top News
(Reuters) -Record high temperatures were expected in California’s Central Valley from Sacramento to outside of Los Angeles on Sunday, with officials warning that the dangerous heat wave could afflict the state through the end of the week and test the limits of...
by Reuters | Sep 1, 2022 | Business, Environment, Technology, Top News, US
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors startup Cruise LLC said Thursday it had recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving vehicles after a June crash in San Francisco that left two people injured. Federal regulators said the recalled...
by Reuters | Sep 1, 2022 | Environment, Top News
By Eric Cox and Carlos Barria JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged aid to Jackson, Mississippi, as the majority-Black state capital endured its third day without drinking water after a long-troubled water treatment plant failed. The...