EPA

There’s been a lot of recent buzz on the decline of bee species, and on Tuesday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services extended protection to the rusty patch bumble bee. The government blamed species endangerment on habitat degradation, and fingers point to mankind. Over the last few decades...

Are we seeing a case of deja vu in the auto industry? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to accuse Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) of using software that was able to control diesel emissions in 100,000 vehicles, according to a Reuters report. An EPA official...

The Environmental Protection Agency is acting to mitigate health risks of paraquat dichloride — an herbicide commonly used in Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT) products — in response to fatalities from chemical ingestion and extended exposure. Paraquat Dichloride: More Than Just A Plant...

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) shares were up 2.4 percent on Monday on news that CEO Rex Tillerson is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of State. Coincidentally, news also broke Monday that a group of non-OPEC oil producers led by Russia has agreed to join OPEC and cut...

After several years of bad news for oil investors, things are starting to look a bit more bullish for the U.S. oil industry. WTI crude oil prices jumped above $54/bbl on Monday following news that a group of non-OPEC oil producers will be joining OPEC and cutting crude oil output in an effort to...

President-elect Donald Trump has never shied away from offering glimpses of what his energy policy would look like. Gordon Johnson, a notable solar analyst, cited the U.S. election results as one of a small handful of reasons why he downgraded the entire solar sector to Market Underweight with a...

Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have struck a deal in which the former will pay a civil penalty of $12 million. The company will also spend about $3 million on a project to ease air pollution with cleaner-burning stoves in local communities, according...

Despite the obesity epidemic still holding strong in America, healthy eating and drinking trends have continued to gain steam. For the first time ever, Americans will buy more bottled water than carbonated drinks. Source: Bloomberg The largest producers of bottled water in the U.S. —...

Coal stocks were trading higher on Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Obama's Clean Power Plan intended to cut emissions from power plants. Bloomberg noted that a 5–4 order halts the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan until the final...

On Tuesday, German carmaker Volkswagen AG (ADR)(OTC: VLKAY) reported lackluster results, as the company continued to struggle with last year's emissions scandal. U.S. sales fell 14.6 percent, and almost all of the company's car models saw year-over-year sales decline. However, although the diesel...

Scandal continues to hurt Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that it is looking at more vehicles that could have cheated air pollution tests. Porsche and Audi cars are involved in this round. The EPA declared that the...

Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) is currently embroiled in a scandal regarding software that the German carmaker used to trick emissions tests into believing that the cars were more environmentally friendly than they really were. The ordeal has pummeled Volkswagen shares and has done major damage...

When the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) installed software on its diesel vehicles designed to cheat emissions tests, many began to discuss whether or not this scandal has the potential to put the world's largest automaker out of business....

In the past week, shares of Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) have plunged 37 percent. With the overhang of an emissions scandal plaguing shares, Bernstein's Max Warburton estimated that the financial impact of the "absolute worst case" was $7.4 billion – not $18 billion. Warburton dug into...

The emissions scandal that Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) is facing has taken the company's shares down by roughly 30 percent over the past two days. The company is also facing massive fines and even criminal lawsuits in the United States; a new probe looking into its software in the UK has...