The Environmental Protection Agency rule makes it impossible for Volkswagen to shut down its EV-producing plant in Tennessee, which is being targeted by the UAW.
Transportation
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Strange Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
There’s no way America’s last great manufacturer murdered a prominent critic … is there?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Blowing the Door Off Boeing’s ‘Epstein Deal’
The lawyer who busted open Jeffrey Epstein’s sweetheart deal sues DOJ for the goods on Trump’s slimy deferred prosecution agreement with the 737 manufacturer.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
From Flint to East Palestine and Back
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents want the tools to study long-term health impacts from the 2023 freight train derailment. But East Palestine hasn’t seen the money.
Posted inTransportation
How Boeing Ruined the JetBlue-Spirit Merger
The judge’s ruling in the case revealed all the deficiencies in the manufacturing and distribution of commercial air travel.
Posted inTAP
The Airbus Advantage
Today on TAP: Why Europe’s mixed economy produces safer planes than America’s financialized capitalism
Posted inBooks
Uber and the Impoverished Public Expectations of the 2010s
A new book shows that Uber was a symbol of a neoliberal philosophy that neglected public funding and regulation in favor of rule by private corporations.
Posted inTransportation
Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset
The door plug that ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane only exists because of cost-cutting production techniques to facilitate cramming more passengers into the cabin.
Posted inTransportation
The Electric-Vehicle Transition Is Quietly Surging Ahead
Nearly 10 percent of cars sold in 2023 were EVs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Glenn and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Washington fought off the pandemic, but can the city get over the gall of a billionaire sports mogul and a governor moving D.C. teams across the Potomac?