10 May EPA Announces $2.6 Billion in Availability for Water Improvement Projects To help improve the quality of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure nationwide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of nearly $2.6 billion to states, tribes and territories. Read more...
10 May Jake Brake Standard on A26 Engine From International Jacobs Vehicle Systems announced the availability of its 5783A engine brake as standard equipment on the International A26 engine. Read more...
10 May US Hikes Tariffs Amid Trade Talks; China Vows to Retaliate The United States hiked tariffs on more than $200 billion in goods from China on May 10 in the most dramatic step yet of President Donald Trump’s push to extract trade concessions, deepening a conflict that has roiled financial markets and cast a shadow over the global economy. Read more...
09 May Lawmakers Mull Funding Options for $2 Trillion Infrastructure Deal WASHINGTON — More than a week after President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats elevated a $2 trillion infrastructure package for lawmakers’ legislative agenda, stakeholders are speaking up about their funding preferences in advance of a planned meeting between the White House and transportation policymakers to discuss how to pay for the initiative. Read more...
09 May White House Nonresponsive to EPA Inspector General Requests on Glider Truck Audit The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General has complained that a delay by the White House in responding to information requests is undermining an audit of the Trump administration’s attempt to repeal an Obama-era rule limiting production of heavy-polluting glider trucks. Read more...
09 May Chinese Eager for Self-Driving Future; Americans Not So Sure, Survey Shows More than half of Chinese consumers can’t wait to get out from behind the wheel and into an autonomous car. That makes China more positive than most about driverless vehicles, with Western consumers cooler on the technology. Read more...
09 May Waymo Inches Forward as Self-Driving Frontrunner With 1,000 Riders The first major self-driving taxi service needed six months to reach 1,000 customers, another sign that growth may be slow as companies try to build businesses around autonomous vehicles. Read more...
09 May Americold Reports Revenue Rises 0.5% to $393.1 Million in 1Q Americold Realty Trust, one of the world’s largest companies focused on temperature-controlled warehouses, on May 7 reported revenue rose in the first quarter ending March 31. Read more...
09 May Best and Worst International Airlines and Airports? Here’s One Guide Had a bad experience at Newark Liberty Airport last year? You’re not alone, according to recent rankings. Read more...
09 May CN Rail Open to Moving Alberta’s Oil-Shipping Deals to Drillers Canadian National Railway Co. is open to transferring the crude-by-rail contracts that it signed with Alberta to private companies or to striking other arrangements that put its spare shipping capacity to use, CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest said. Read more...