29 Aug Hydrogen a Climate Alternative for Steel Steel could shed its reputation as a climate threat by using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels for as much as half of global output by 2050, according to BloombergNEF. Read more...
29 Aug GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer General Motors Co. now employs fewer union-represented American workers than its domestic rivals for the first time since the United Auto Workers started organizing Detroit’s carmakers eight decades ago. Read more...
29 Aug US Goods-Trade Deficit Narrowed to Three-Month Low The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in July to a three-month low as exports picked up and imports declined. Read more...
29 Aug Farmers Struggle but Rally Support for Trump On one hand, farmers have never been this critical of the Trump administration and the trade war with China. On the other, their love for the president seems to be growing. Read more...
29 Aug Second-Quarter Growth Revised Down to 2% U.S. economic growth decelerated in the second quarter by more than initially reported, suggesting President Donald Trump’s trade actions are weighing more heavily on the pace of expansion. Read more...
29 Aug DOT Awards $225 Million in Grants to 20 Bridge Projects The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the first recipients of the Competitive Highway Bridge Program on Aug. 29, awarding $225 million to fund bridge improvements and replacements to 20 projects represented by 18 state departments of transportation. Read more...
28 Aug HVH Transportation of Denver Closes Denver-based truckload carrier HVH Transportation Inc. closed its doors on Aug. 27 after a string of financial setbacks, company officials and drivers told Transport Topics. Read more...
28 Aug Ryan Meppelink Wins Bronze Medal and Best of Nation Award at WorldSkills in Russia Ryan Meppelink, a college student and deft diesel mechanic from Zeeland, Mich., won the bronze medal for Heavy Vehicle Technology at the WorldSkills Competition in Kazan, Russia. Read more...
28 Aug NYC-Area Rail Bridge Planners Take Another Shot at Federal Funds New Jersey and New York officials will submit a revised financial plan for the $1.6 billion replacement of a decrepit bridge that’s key to rail traffic in the U.S. Northeast, the latest attempt to secure funding from a recalcitrant administration. Read more...
28 Aug Agribusiness Giant Cargill Lifts Bet on Plant-Protein Craze Cargill Inc., one of the world’s biggest agricultural companies, plans to spend an additional $75 million to expand in pea protein in the U.S. as traditional meat producers continue a shift to alternatives. Read more...