Environmental Protection Agency

Backups and congestion on land and along the nation's waterfronts due to a lack of customs clearance personnel could be where carriers and shippers see the most immediate effect of a long-term federal government shutdown. The prospects of avoiding such a scenario did not improve at the close of...

Shares of biofuel stock Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) skyrocketed more than 320 percent on Monday following big news from the Environmental Protection Agency. What Happened The EPA approved up to a 16 percent blend of isobutanol for use in automobiles. Prior to Monday’s decision, isobutanol,...

From the administration’s perspective, the long-declining coal mining sector is looking rosy. “Since the fourth quarter of last year until most recently, we’ve added almost 50,000 jobs in the coal sector,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said...

The poor, the elderly, the disabled, college students and environmental protections all stand to take a big hit if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal year 2018. Defense contractors, corporations in general and the wealthiest Americans all stand to gain...

It’s finally over. The deadline for the world’s most grueling holiday has passed. Taxpayers can breathe once more, and corporate leaders can redirect their greedy gazes toward the federal government. After all, the tedious financial reviews and subsequent payments ultimately yield...

At the face of it, President Donald Trump might seem a champion for the auto industry. The president during his recent visit to Detroit, America's auto capital, warmed the hearts of the automakers by announcing he would revisit his predecessor former President Barack Obama's emission control...

On Friday, the Trump Administration presented a budget for the Environmental Protection Agency that would cut climate protection programs by 70 percent, according to a Reuters report. The proposed funding of just $29 million amounts to about 8.9 pennies per American based on recent census estimates...

It is an altogether new makeover coal companies are seeking. In what might be a radically different perspective, these companies are striving to project coal as a clean energy source. Trump's Unwavering Support This is coming at a time when President Donald Trump is projecting himself as a...

Fill up your tanks while you can. According to a new report by GasBuddy, low gas prices may soon be in the rearview mirror for American drivers. GasBuddy believes refinery maintenance season and a switch to summer blends will soon send gasoline prices soaring to their highest levels of the year....

In what should come as no surprise to any American, newly elected President Donald Trump’s special advisor on regulatory reform and long-time Trump supporter Carl Icahn has tweeted that he loved Trump’s inauguration speech. On Monday morning, Icahn tweeted that Trump’s speech...

The Environmental Protection Agency is acting to mitigate health risks of paraquat dichloride — an herbicide commonly used in Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT) products — in response to fatalities from chemical ingestion and extended exposure. Paraquat Dichloride: More Than Just A Plant...

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) shares were up 2.4 percent on Monday on news that CEO Rex Tillerson is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of State. Coincidentally, news also broke Monday that a group of non-OPEC oil producers led by Russia has agreed to join OPEC and cut...

After several years of bad news for oil investors, things are starting to look a bit more bullish for the U.S. oil industry. WTI crude oil prices jumped above $54/bbl on Monday following news that a group of non-OPEC oil producers will be joining OPEC and cutting crude oil output in an effort to...

After months of back-and-forth chatter, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) finally completed the acquisition of SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) on Monday. And, the new, $28.5 billion market cap Tesla is already up to great things. According to a SolarCity blog post published Tuesday, the island of Ta...

Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have struck a deal in which the former will pay a civil penalty of $12 million. The company will also spend about $3 million on a project to ease air pollution with cleaner-burning stoves in local communities, according...