Lisa Friedman

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lisa Friedman

Share Representative Lou Correa, a Democrat who represents parts of Orange County, Calif., drives a hybrid car and wants the federal government to tackle climate change.But he joined 34 other Democrats last week to help Republicans repeal his state’s landmark requirement that all new vehicles sold in California be electric or otherwise nonpolluting by 2035.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lisa Friedman

Some said they worried that California's planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited "intense and misleading lobbying" by the oil industry. Representative Lou Correa, a Democrat who represents parts of Orange County, Calif., drives a hybrid car and wants the federal government to tackle climate change.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lisa Friedman |Coral Davenport |Glenn Thrush |Katie Rogers |Pranshu Verma |Maggie Haberman | +8 more

The second day of the White House virtual summit to tackle the environmental crisis focused on how the United States and other nations could meet their targets and ramp up renewable energy development.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lisa Friedman |Hiroko Tabuchi

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals.

1 week ago | auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Lisa Friedman

Industry 5 min read And the legality of the congressional action is in dispute. Two authorities, the Senate parliamentarian and the Government Accountability Office, have ruled that Congress cannot revoke the waivers. The House on Thursday voted to bar California from imposing its landmark ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, the first step in an effort by the Republican majority to stop a state policy designed to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.