Enforcement likely from new CFPB administration
Senior executives at the American Financial Services Association discussed a spate of regulatory hurdles facing auto lenders from the federal and state levels in the years ahead......»»
Carbon Cap and Trade Is Set to Start in Pennsylvania--but for How Long?
Governor Tom Wolf announced last week that his administration had finalized a regulation to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
US Seeks to Steal Putin"s Top Scientists by Loosening Their Visa Requirements
"The Biden administration has a plan to rob Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators," reports Bloomberg, "by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strateg.....»»
FAA review of SpaceX Starship launch delayed by another month
SpaceX won't be able to test its Starship rocket for some time, as the company will have to wait for clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)......»»
Apple tricked into releasing personal data used to sexually extort minors
We learned last month that Apple was tricked into releasing personal data to hackers, after they posed as law enforcement officials with emergency data requests. A follow-up report reveals that some of this data was used to sexually extort minors. T.....»»
White House Seeks More Power To Counter Use of Drones In US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand authority for federal and local governments to take action to counter the nefarious use in the U.S. of drones, which are becoming.....»»
Fauci confirms parents’ nightmare: FDA may delay COVID vaccines for kids under 5
"Why can't we have it in May?" a CNN reporter and parent asked Fauci. Enlarge (credit: Getty | Congressional Quarterly) The Food and Drug Administration is considering holding off on reviewing Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for ch.....»»
A YouTuber Purposely Crashed His Plane in California, FAA Says
The Federal Aviation Administration has found that Trevor Jacob, a daredevil YouTuber who posted a video of himself last year parachuting out of a plane that he claimed had malfunctioned, purposely abandoned the aircraft and allowed it to crash into.....»»
Biden restores environmental safeguards dropped by Trump
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced it would restore safeguards in a cornerstone environmental law weakened under Donald Trump—including a duty to assess the climate impacts of proposed infrastructure projects......»»
Clear Skye partners with Templar Shield to improve security and user experience for enterprise organizations
Clear Skye announced that Templar Shield has joined the company’s Elevate Partner Program, designed to drive collaboration in the $13 billion and growing Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) market. Templar Shield, a premier cybersecurity,.....»»
Meet the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer test just authorized by the FDA
The test device is about the size of carry-on luggage and performs GC-MS. Enlarge / Man providing a sample into the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer. (credit: InspectIR) The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced th.....»»
NASA releases equity action plan to make space more accessible to all
In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to advance racial equity in the federal government, NASA has released its first-ever Equity Action Plan. The plan establishes key focus areas that will allow the agency to track progress toward.....»»
Wind Power Eclipses Both Coal, Nuclear In the US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: On March 29, wind turbines produced more electricity than coal and nuclear, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an agency that collects energy statistics for the government, says. In the past, win.....»»
Taiwan deals with economic espionage crime at the national security level
Taiwan's legislature is about to amend the National Security Act (NSA) to cover "economic espionage crime." Experts say the move is to strengthen law enforcement on strategic technology IP protection that the existing privisions fail to deal with......»»
New study confirms potential of geoelectrical methods in search for hidden graves
Rather than digging to identify unmarked mass grave sites or evidence to locate missing persons, cutting-edge technologies are helping law enforcement agents, forensic scientists and historians uncover attempts to hide victims......»»
Biden Invokes the Defense Production Act to Fix the Lithium Shortage
The administration will use its security-related powers to encourage mining raw materials for batteries. But a sustainable fix will take years......»»
Washington Debates Cryptocurrency Rules, With Sights Set on Stablecoins
As Washington attempts to get its arms around the rapidly growing cryptocurrency industry, policy makers in the Biden administration and on Capitol Hill have identified stablecoins as an initial target for tighter regulation. From a report: Often bil.....»»
US Wind Energy Just Hit a Major Milestone
The United States set a major renewable energy milestone last Tuesday: wind power was the second-highest source of electricity for the first time since the Energy Information Administration began gathering the data. From a report: As E&E reporter Ben.....»»
Increase in atmospheric methane set new record in 2021: NOAA
For the second year running, US scientists observed record increases in the atmospheric concentration of the potent greenhouse gas methane, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday......»»
Most US dog owners don"t follow FDA pet food handling guidelines: study
A new analysis suggests that most U.S. dog owners are unaware of—and do not follow—guidelines on safe pet food and dish handling from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but that better education and implementation of the guidelines could red.....»»
India Reports First Case of Highly Transmissible XE Variant
Mumbai's city administration reported India's first case of the highly-transmissible coronavirus variant, XE, on Wednesday. From a report: The hybrid of two omicron strains BA.1 and BA.2 was detected in a 50-year-old woman who had traveled to the cit.....»»