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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.
Now that more electric vehicles are on the road, the challenges of recycling their components are getting more attention.
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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.
One of the chief concerns among CFOs? A shortage of talent.
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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.
Solar and wind power generate direct current, which must be converted to alternating current to "play well" with the existing electrical grid, historian Julie Cohn says.
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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.
California voters are deciding whether to pass two $10 billion bonds this fall.
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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.
Boeing machinist union members picket outside a Boeing factory in Renton, Washington.
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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.
Food truck operator Ardi Entezam says air conditioning doesn’t really make his trailer cooler, so he relies on a water bottle and a cross breeze to stay cool.
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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.
Inflation Reduction Act funding is incentivizing states to invest in clean energy, but some are investing more than others.
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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.
New data points to a cooling job market, in line with the easing of inflation this year.
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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.
One reason manufacturing orders are down? Consumers and businesses are waiting for the Federal Reserve to cut rates and are anxious to see who wins the election before making big purchases.
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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.
With wage growth, falling inflation and increased consumer spending in the U.S. —  signs of a strong economy — is a low savings rate cause for alarm?
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