Regulation: Page 2


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    Trump freezes IRA funding

    The White House issued a memo the following day to clarify the funding pause, specifying that it pertains only to aspects of the law mentioned in Section 2 of the executive order.

    By Updated Jan. 23, 2025
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    Meat plant workers face increased health risks: USDA

    The agency's research comes as meat producers push to increase factory line speeds, which critics say compounds the likelihood of injury.

    By Jan. 21, 2025
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    Trump orders trade review ahead of potential tariffs

    Federal agencies have until April 1 to give recommendations on trade pacts with Mexico, Canada and China.

    By Philip Neuffer • Jan. 21, 2025
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    4 companies offered nearly $250M CHIPS funding

    In a race to dish out $39 billion in CHIPS funds, the White House issued money for semiconductor projects in Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Pennsylvania.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Jan. 17, 2025
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    FDA bans red dye No. 3 over link to cancer in rats

    Food and beverage manufacturers must reformulate petroleum-based coloring products such as candy and cereal by January 2027.

    By Christopher Doering • Jan. 17, 2025
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    Macom awarded $70M in CHIPS funding

    The money will be used to expand production of defense semiconductors in Massachussetts and North Carolina.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Jan. 15, 2025
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    EEOC releases guidance on wearables at work

    The agency warns that wearable technology in the workplace, such as smartwatches, can violate federal anti-discrimination laws.

    By Kathryn Moody • Jan. 14, 2025
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    Maryland sues Gore-Tex maker over alleged PFAS contamination

    The state claims the materials science manufacturer knowingly dumped toxic forever chemicals into state natural resources.

    By Jan. 13, 2025
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    Treasury finalizes guidance for IRA’s tech neutral, clean electricity tax credits

    Industry stakeholders are praising the credits as "game-changing" to better incentivize solar and storage projects to use U.S.-made components.

    By Diana DiGangi • Jan. 13, 2025
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    FDA issues final guidance on lead levels in baby food

    The agency set levels as lead poison cases continue to pop up following a 2023 outbreak investigation into Wanabana applesauce pouches.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Jan. 10, 2025
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    EPA finalizes rule banning TCE, PCE chemicals

    The ban's implementation date was delayed until March 21 amid new Trump administration regulatory reviews.

    By Updated Jan. 31, 2025
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    Arizona will host third CHIPS R&D flagship facility

    The site in Arizona State University Research Park in Tempe will focus on semiconductor prototyping and packaging. 

    By Joelle Anselmo • Jan. 8, 2025
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    Criminal prosecution possible for employee immigration violations, but enforcement is lax

    During Trump's first term, no company was criminally prosecuted for employing workers not authorized to be in the U.S., a Syracuse University project shows.

    By Robert Freedman • Jan. 7, 2025
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing progresses on manufacturing improvement plan

    Despite its new safety measures, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker wrote recently that the company needs a “fundamental cultural shift.”

    By Jan. 7, 2025
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    Archer Aviation completes Georgia air taxi factory

    The company aims to manufacture two planes monthly by year's end but plans to ramp production up to 650 annually by 2030.

    By Dan Zukowski • Jan. 2, 2025
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    Final rule to overhaul H-1B visa eligibility requirements takes effect Jan. 17

    Employers should prepare for potential disruption caused by the rule, according to law firm Fragomen.

    By Ryan Golden • Jan. 2, 2025
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    Qcells finalizes $1.5B DOE loan guarantee for Georgia solar plant

    The plant began some production this spring, with plans to start full operations next year.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Dec. 20, 2024
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    Novonix secures $755M DOE loan for Tennessee synthetic graphite facility

    The company has signed battery material supply deals with Panasonic Energy, Stellantis and PowerCo from an existing facility in Chattanooga.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Dec. 19, 2024
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    StarPlus Energy finalizes $7.5B DOE loan for two battery plants in Indiana

    The Stellantis and Samsung SDI joint venture will produce enough batteries to power 670,000 electric vehicles annually.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Dec. 19, 2024
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    Fed trims main interest rate, signals prospect of less easing in 2025

    Policymakers reduced the benchmark interest despite signs that their nearly three-year fight to push down inflation to their 2% target has stalled.

    By Jim Tyson • Dec. 19, 2024
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    Sausage maker cited by OSHA 3 years in a row

    Dean Sausage Co.'s latest safety and hazard violations at its Alabama meat processing facility led to $103,000 in fines.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Dec. 17, 2024
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    EPA sets reporting rule for new uses of PFAS in manufacturing

    The regulation limits possible exemptions for new forever chemicals and other toxic substances from full federal reviews.

    By Dec. 17, 2024
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    DOE closes $9.6B loan for Ford’s BlueOval SK battery joint venture

    The funds will finance construction of up to three electric vehicle battery plants in the U.S., including two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee.

    By Dec. 17, 2024
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing resumes 737 Max production

    The company has been slow to resume manufacturing post-strike as it works to address systemic quality issues.

    By Dec. 11, 2024
  • President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on Dec. 8, 2024.
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    Biden unveils fresh China tariff hikes

    The duties will target critical solar energy inputs, including wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products, beginning Jan. 1.

    By Philip Neuffer • Dec. 11, 2024