McDonald’s said it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches. The Chicago burger giant said the investment was its largest to date in support of regenerative agriculture in the United States. The company also has funded regenerative projects on potato farms in Canada and [...]
Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the center of last year’s deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut, sent a letter this week asking company officials to appear before the Congressional Food Safety Caucus to discuss “a repeated pattern of food safety negligence [...]
Auto safety regulators are investigating certain Tesla Model Ys for a possible defect in the electronic door handles that can leave passengers trapped inside the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its preliminary evaluation is for the 2021 Tesla Model Y. The agency said the electronic door handles of the vehicle may become [...]
Nearly 200 shipping companies this week said they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions. The Getting to Zero Coalition, an alliance of companies, governments and intergovernmental organizations, is asking member states of the International Maritime Organization to support [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload the nation’s electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies. Texas moved first, as state lawmakers try to protect residents in the data-center hotspot from [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sign of how unusual this week’s Federal Reserve meeting is, the decision it will make on interest rates — usually the main event — is just one of the key unknowns to be resolved when officials gather. Economists say the nation’s economy is mired in uncertainty. Hiring has slowed, while [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency last week proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the government. The program requires refineries, power plants, oil wells and landfills to report their emissions without risk of penalty as officials seek to identify high-polluting [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including ones related to an Alaska Airlines jetliner losing a door plug panel on its fuselage in midflight. The proposed penalty is for safety violations that occurred from September 2023 through February 2024, the FAA said last week. That period [...]
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is taking a drive down the road in a couple of months. The venerable carmaker is moving its headquarters for the first time in seven decades, relocating to a newly constructed building three miles away in its longtime home of Dearborn, Mich. The new 2.1-million-square-foot structure formally will [...]