“Using more energy means using more fossil-based fuels,” said Jake Loosararian, the CEO of Gecko Robotics, an energy infrastructure monitoring company that uses AI. But others aren’t so certain that the growing use of AI would lead to a surge in planet-warming emissions. “I’ve been looking at the literature on this over the past couple … Read more
UAW president Shawn Fain blasted the pause as a “shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs” in a statement Monday, just days after praising the company for making strides at the negotiating table and excluding Ford from a nationwide strike expansion. “Closing 65 plants over the last 20 years wasn’t enough for the Big … Read more
The findings come as the Biden administration, the Green Building Council and other groups are working to make U.S. buildings more resilient. The White House last year launched an initiative that aims to help state and local governments adopt the latest building codes. Forty states and U.S. territories haven’t updated their building codes since 2018, … Read more
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The tension facing Biden is the result of several factors. In addition to her frequent visits to the White House, Barra has played a crucial role in helping the administration develop a national car-charging plan. But Biden has also built a decades-long political brand appealing to blue-collar voters in swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin … Read more
Musk has already won a number of early skirmishes with the administration, including by getting several other big automakers to adopt Tesla’s charging technology as a de-facto industry standard. “Tesla’s competitive advantage over the Detroit Three is going to widen,” said Garrett Nelson, vice president of equity research at CFRA Research, an investment advisory firm. … Read more
The green support for the union marks a relatively new development between two Democratic-aligned factions. Environmental groups have broadened their missions in recent years to address a range of social problems, including racial and economic issues, in part as an effort to build broader coalitions to support their campaigns to fight climate change and pollution … Read more
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The United Auto Workers union strike would mark the first against all three major Detroit automakers simultaneously. | Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo The United Auto Workers union plans to walk off the job at three plants in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri beginning at midnight Thursday, barring an eleventh-hour deal with Ford, GM and Stellantis. The … Read more
Michigan Democrats support the union but caution that the president, a self-described “car guy,” faces potential political danger if thousands of union workers go on strike in such a critical swing state — one that helped seal Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, then did the same for Biden four years later. That’s especially true, they … Read more
