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☆ SEC’s Climate-Disclosure Rule Isn’t Here, but It May as Well Be, Many Businesses Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Philips Digital 3T MRI scanner. The company has worked not just to quantify emissions stemming from its supply chain, but also has pushed suppliers to adopt their own carbon-emission targets. Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg NewsA sweeping U.S. climate-disclosure rule isn’t yet in place, and it is sure to face legal challenges when it is, but many companies have begun assessing greenhouse-gas emissions from parties in their supply chain as if it were. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule—which would require public companies to report climate-related risks and emissions data, including so-called Scope 3 emissions that come from a company’s supply chain—is expected to be brought in soon. The agency issued the proposal in March 2022 as President Biden’s efforts to address global warming through legislation stalled in Congress.

☆ Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving car claims, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Such warnings could complicate any case the Justice Department might wish to bring, the sources said. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment. As part of the latest probe, Justice Department prosecutors in Washington and San Francisco are examining whether Tesla misled consumers, investors and regulators by making unsupported claims about its driver assistance technology’s capabilities, the sources said. The Justice Department’s Autopilot probe is far from recommending any action partly because it is competing with two other DOJ investigations involving Tesla, one of the sources said. The Justice Department may also face challenges in building its case, said the sources, because of Tesla’s warnings about overreliance on Autopilot.

☆ 10 oldest airlines in the world
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-04 | by ( Miquel Ros | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Here are 10 of the oldest airlines in the world still in operation. Pan American World Airways subsequently acquired a controlling stake in the company. Qantas was nationalized by the Australian government after World War II and reprivatized in the ’90s. After World War II, Aeroflot became the largest airline in the world, as air travel was often the only means of transportation available to bridge the vast expanses of the Soviet Union. Czech Airlines (CSA)Czech Airlines, the national airline of the Czech Republic.

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