Union Pacific to spend $1B to upgrade 600 older locomotives
July 26, 2022 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from its engines.
Biden boosts fuel-economy standards to fight climate change
December 20, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, reversing a Trump-era rollback that loosened fuel efficiency standards.
Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden
December 4, 2020 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Now that it's clear Joe Biden soon will be president, the fight over automobile pollution and fuel efficiency standards is likely to peter out, and U...
States, cities challenge Trump mileage standards rollback
May 27, 2020 GMTDENVER (AP) — Nearly two dozen states and several cities on Wednesday filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era mileage standards, saying science backed up the old regulations developed with the help of the nation's car makers...
Delta says it will invest $1 billion to cut carbon emissions
February 14, 2020 GMTDelta Air Lines said Friday it will invest $1 billion over the next 10 years in measures designed to offset climate-warming carbon emissions from its planes...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump team distortions on fuel economy rules
September 20, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his team are distorting the facts in explaining the administration's decision to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks.
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
September 19, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a move critics said would result in less fuel-efficient cars that create more planet-warming pollution...
Report says airlines’ carbon emissions are growing fast
September 12, 2019 GMTU.S. airlines are increasing their emissions of climate-changing gases much faster than they are boosting fuel efficiency, according to an environmental group's report...
EPA chief fights for his job in meeting with Trump
April 7, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt has met with President Donald Trump to make his case for why he should remain in his post amid a stream of questions about his ethical standing...
EPA head fights for his job in meeting with Trump
April 7, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt met with President Donald Trump on Friday to lay out his case for why he should remain in his post amid a stream of questions about his ethical standing...
West Coast governors gag at Trump relaxing fuel efficiency standards
March 16, 2017 GMTTrump announces challenge to Obama-era fuel standards
March 16, 2017 GMTYPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration will re-examine federal requirements governing the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental regulations that Trump says are stifling economic growth...