The Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program — a long-standing EPA initiative that has saved Americans over $500 billion in energy costs since 1992. “The organization states that the average American saves about $450 per year on energy bills by choosing appliances that have been Energy Star-certified,” Read more…
Apple said a majority of its devices shipped into the U.S. in the June quarter will originate in India and Vietnam, a move to allay investor concerns about the impact of tariffs on its operations. The company was among the hardest-hit of the tech giants last month because of its Read more…
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to block California from implementing plans to block new sales of gas-powered vehicles in a decade. In a 246-164 vote, members approved House Joint Resolution 88, which seeks to withdraw a waiver granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to California during the Biden Read more…
Widespread power outages were reported Monday in parts of Spain, Portugal and France, affecting critical infrastructure like airports and causing transportation disruptions. The interruption was due to a problem in the European electricity grid. The blackout also affected regions of Spain and France, due to faults in very high voltage Read more…
Only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California. In fact, they add that California outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last year, according to the California governor’s office (which cites new data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis): Read more…
Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people’s lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new report finds. The report comes as the Trump administration is considering rolling back some key air quality Read more…
Oil and gas companies are facing hundreds of lawsuits around the world testing whether they can be held responsible for their role in causing climate change. Now, two scientists say they’ve built a tool that can calculate how much damage each company’s planet-warming pollution has caused — and how much Read more…