Government scientists have spent a year analyzing electric vehicles to help the E.P.A. design new tailpipe rules to trigger an electric car revolution.
Workers backing a push for better wages and working conditions were among those illegally laid off, members told the National Labor Relations Board.
If successful, the workers who help develop Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system would be the first group at the company to organize.
In places like West Virginia, money from three major laws passed by Congress is pouring into the alternative energy industry and other projects. “I think it’s a renaissance for the labor movement,” said one union official.
The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
The tech industry, long considered a bastion of progressivism and social liberalism, is moving to the right.
To meet his climate goals, the president must clean up these carbon-spewing vehicles.
A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.
A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.
The president wants to use pollution rules to rapidly lift sales, but there are hurdles ahead.