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Tesla Sued Over Claim Faulty Doors Led to Deaths in Fiery Crash

Tesla Inc. was sued over a crash in Wisconsin last November that killed all five occupants of a Model S who allegedly became trapped in a fast-moving inferno when the doors wouldn’t open, adding to scrutiny over whether a design choice by the automaker is a fatal flaw.

Tesla Owner Complaints Rise in US Door-Handle Defect Probe

The US auto safety regulator investigating whether certain Tesla Inc. door handles are defective received more complaints within days of initiating its probe from consumers who were unable to enter or exit their vehicles after battery failures.

Trump Axes Expert Panels at Historic Clip, Defying Agency Advice

The Trump administration this year has eliminated about 160 expert advisory committees across the federal government, almost a third of them over the recommendations of the agencies that oversee them, in by far the biggest purge of nonpartisan regulatory advice in the nearly three decades in which records have been kept.

PFAS: The 'Forever Chemicals'

The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S. While states are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.

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