#regulatory-rollback

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fromStreetsblog
4 days ago

Opinion: Sean Duffy's 'Golden Age' of Dangerous Streets - Streetsblog USA

Secretary of the U.S Department of Transportation Sean Duffy has a suggestion for better travel this holiday season: have you considered just being in a good mood? That's the message of DOT's new " civility campaign" titled "The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You," and it's meant to address the surge in unruly passenger air travel - even if some might argue it encapsulates the transportation profession's over-focus on personal responsibility over systemic reform in the air and on the ground.
US politics
#fuel-economy
fromAxios
1 week ago
US politics

Trump's new lower fuel-economy rules will make cars cheaper, White House says

fromAxios
1 week ago
US politics

Trump's new lower fuel-economy rules will make cars cheaper, White House says

fromFuturism
1 week ago

Trump Announces Plan to Make Cars Pollute More

On Wednesday, president Trump announced plans to drastically lower fuel efficiency standards for new cars and pick-up trucks, the New York Times reports, claiming the move will save over $100 billion over the next five years and lower the average price tag of new vehicles by $1,000. But both symbolically and in actual effect, the move would be firmly putting Biden era environmental policy in the rear view mirror, ditching regulations and consumer incentives to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
US politics
#pipeline-safety
fromStreetsblog
1 week ago
US politics

Investigation: How Trump's U.S. DOT Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public - Streetsblog USA

fromStreetsblog
1 week ago
US politics

Investigation: How Trump's U.S. DOT Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public - Streetsblog USA

#epa
Environment
fromAol
7 months ago

EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees

The EPA is terminating hundreds of staff through a reduction in force, impacting environmental justice roles as it undergoes significant organizational changes.
US politics
fromTravel + Leisure
3 weeks ago

U.S. Drops Plan to Require Airline Compensation for Flight Delays-Here's What It Means for Travelers

The Trump administration revoked the Biden-era rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for lengthy, airline-controlled flight delays.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act

Federal proposal weakens ESA protections by allowing economic considerations in habitat designations, narrowing critical habitat, delaying protections, and rescinding automatic protections for threatened species.
US news
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Fed wins banking industry praise for new guidelines on supervision of financial system | Fortune

Federal Reserve supervision will prioritize material financial risks and reduce emphasis on processes, procedures, and documentation.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Trump admin to end plan requiring airlines to pay passengers for delays

The U.S. Department of Transportation withdrew a proposed rule that would have required airlines to pay passengers for significant flight delays.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Tories vow to 'take a chainsaw' to ESG rules to boost London listings

Under the Conservatives' proposals, mandatory ESG disclosures, including a company's carbon footprint, diversity metrics and social governance data, would be made voluntary once again. ESG rules were initially introduced as a voluntary standard, allowing firms to demonstrate transparency around sustainability, workplace culture and board governance. Over the past decade, however, the measures have evolved into complex mandatory frameworks administered by regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HMRC, and Companies House.
UK politics
US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

Trump claims 'a lot of people don't see' that America has 'the greatest economy right now' as voters vent anger over affordability | Fortune

U.S. economic indicators show lower consumer prices, easing interest rates, improved crypto conditions, and regulatory rollbacks amid ongoing voter anxiety about affordability.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China

For The Verge's exclusive tour of these secretive labs, I watch researchers peer at cell chemistries down to the atomistic level, using electron microscopes. Others work at a larger scale, all the way up to the Megashaker. Inside a cavernous hall, an enormous sliding test chamber envelops one of GM's double-stacked, 205-kilowatt-hour battery packs - the type that powers hulking models like the Cadillac Escalade IQ.
Cars
#cfpb
US politics
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Brendan Carr wants to let internet providers charge hidden fees again

FCC proposal would relax broadband billing transparency rules, reducing itemized fee disclosures and potentially making hidden charges harder for customers to detect.
fromThe American Conservative
2 months ago

Don't Allow Hollywood to Write the Rules of AI

In late July, the President launched his AI action plan. Packaged with three accompanying executive orders, the plan's first order of business is to "remove red tape and onerous regulation," including the overturning of the Biden administration's executive order on AI, which emphasized harm-prevention, guardrails, and government capacity-building. One very specific "guardrail" that the Trump administration has demolished is "woke AI"-AI that is trained to avoid the truth in favor of politically correct shibboleths.
Right-wing politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Contributor: Truck makers breaking emissions deal are hurting themselves - and all Californians

In 2023, truck manufacturers struck a deal with the California Air Resources Board to drastically reduce emissions and invest in electric trucks. This summer, however, several of the companies - Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, Paccar and Traton - backed out of the partnership and sued California, with support from the Trump administration. Now fossil-fuel-aligned corporations are leveraging political connections to weaken oversight, erode environmental protections and entrench their dominance.
Environment
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

GOP Aims to Permanently Gut Federal Land Protections via Arcane Oversight Rule

The Congressional Review Act enables a simple-majority repeal of recent federal rules and is being used by Republicans to roll back environmental protections and reshape public-land management.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump Administration Cancels Biden Plan To Compensate Airline Passengers for Delays

The U.S. Department of Transportation withdrew a Biden-era proposal to require cash compensation for passengers delayed on domestic flights.
Public health
fromThe Verge
7 months ago

Trump wants to weaken protections against forever chemicals in drinking water

EPA is rolling back regulations on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water, risking public health.
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