The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescinded regulations that limited mercury and other toxic air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants, in a move that is intended to support the struggling coal industry. The decision affects the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which mandated reductions in emissions of harmful metals including arsenic…

NASA has said the botched 2024 Starliner mission, which left two astronauts stranded in space for nine months, was a “Type A” mishap – at the same level assigned to the fatal 2003 Columbia and 1986 Challenger space shuttle disasters. The category is reserved for incidents causing more than $2m in damage, the loss of…

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly said during a landmark Los Angeles trial over youth social media addiction that the Facebook and Instagram operator does not allow children under 13 on its platforms. Zuckerberg maintained that lawyers were “mischaracterising” communications in multiple internal documents which suggested they were a key demographic. Mark Lanier, a lawyer…

Amazon has scrapped a planned partnership between its Ring doorbell unit and surveillance firm Flock Safety following widespread public criticism over privacy concerns. The proposed integration would have allowed law enforcement to request home video footage from Ring users through Flock’s automated license plate recognition system. Although participation would have been voluntary, critics warned the…

The Trump administration has issued new Treasury guidance limiting the use of Chinese materials and components in U.S. clean energy projects, further restricting eligibility for federal tax credits. The rules bar battery cells, solar wafers and other equipment sourced from China and other U.S. adversaries, and imposes additional constraints tied to company ownership and financial…

Reuters reports that the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to name Randall Guynn, a former partner at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell who has represented the largest U.S. banks, as its new director of supervision and regulation, according to two people familiar with the matter. Wall Street attorneys who have gone into government regulatory…