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California lawmakers drive solutions for EV battery recycling
Sep 27, 2024
As the market matures, used EV batteries will start piling up. New standards might encourage changes in manufacturing.
Why are CFOs gloomy about the future?
Sep 23, 2024
Every quarter, Deloitte asks financial leaders how they’re feeling about the economy. Its latest report says the CFOs are feeling pretty pessimistic.
Our old electrical grid is limiting how much wind and solar power we can use
Sep 17, 2024
It isn't easy to upgrade a 20th-century system of transmission lines, generating stations and home outlets for 21st-century needs.
Voters in four states will decide bond issues this fall. Here's why most of them will likely pass.
Sep 16, 2024
For one thing, issuing bonds is more popular than raising taxes.
Boeing strike will be felt throughout the aviation industry
Sep 13, 2024
This strike of more than 30,000 workers comes at a time when Boeing’s already not meeting production goals. And it will also slow the making of everything that goes inside planes, as well.
Hotter weather is testing workers in sweltering environments
Sep 10, 2024
Think kitchens and un-air-conditioned warehouses. New California rules aim to keep those inside workers safe.
Nevada leads pack in race for federal energy, climate cash
Sep 6, 2024
The states with the biggest clean energy investments, backed by Inflation Reduction Act funds, are not the typical climate change leaders.
Job openings drop to lowest level since January 2021
Sep 4, 2024
The 7.7 million jobs available still outstrips the number of people seeking work, but the cooling trend may make job hunting harder next year.
Full warehouses and fewer orders: manufacturing production declines across the U.S.
Sep 3, 2024
The economy might still be growing, but the manufacturing industry is not. It contracted again this month—this time with some of the worst indicators we’ve seen all year.
Americans are spending a lot and not saving much. Economists aren't too worried. Yet.
Aug 30, 2024
One reason? Savings rates are coming down from a high early in the pandemic, when many Americans were able to hold on to extra cash.