NHTSA could cite safety of heavier cars in slashing CAFE rules: reports

Gas pumpIt's been clear that under the Trump administration, the NHTSA and EPA plan to roll back linked fuel-economy rules and emission limits on new vehicles. Now a possible justification that will be used has emerged—and it's not the one many advocates had expected. According to a Bloomberg report on Monday, the fuel-economy proposal due March 30...

Trump promised to save the coal industry; it hasn’t happened

Coal trains by Flickr user Kimon Berlin (Used under CC License)You may recall that President Donald Trump made some ambitious and audacious campaign promises about his plans to revive America's dwindling coal industry. Two weeks ago, The Washington Post fact-checked the president's delivery on those promises after his first year in office—in multiples of "Pinocchios," its measure of untruthfulness for...

Effect of Trump solar-panel import tariffs on clean-power growth debated

Photovoltaic solar power field at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TennesseeA majority of the photovoltaic solar panels used in the U.S. are imported from such countries as China, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. Now, environmentalists and energy analysts worry that the new 30-percent tariff on solar-panel imports announced last Monday by President Donald Trump may stymie the rapidly growing clean-energy...