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Year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol OK’d

Year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol OK’d

Business 05/31/19, 20:16

The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, ending a summertime ban imposed out of concerns for increased smog from the higher ethanol blend. The agency had proposed the change in March. The ...

Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota’s high court

Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota’s high court

Enviroment 03/27/19, 15:18

An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court.The National Parks Conservation Association argued in its Wednesday filing that an air quality permit issued by the state Health Department for the $800 million Davis Refinery ...

Grand jury charges 4 Audi managers in emissions case

Grand jury charges 4 Audi managers in emissions case

Business 01/17/19, 19:08

A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted four Audi engineering managers from Germany in a widening diesel emissions cheating scandal.Richard Bauder, Axel Eiser, Stefan Knirsch and Carsten Nagel were named in a 12-count indictment alleging conspiracy, wire fraud and violations of the Clean Air Act.The indictment, released Thursday, alleges ...

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