EPA says auto emissions standards are too high, questions California’s waiver

Enlarge / Car Exhaust With Two Tailpipes (credit: Getty Images) Scott Pruitt, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced today that he had made a “final determination” to revise current vehicle emissions standards for model year 2022-2025 vehicles. Pruitt did not specify any new standards at this time; instead, he stated that he would […]

FCC extends waiver for video game accessibility for the last time

The idea behind 2010’s 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) is to make sure that federal accessibility laws created in the ’80s and ’90s were updated to include new digital and communications technologies. The part of the Act pertaining to video games and advanced communications services (think gaming chat and the user interfaces […]

CNN gets the first FAA waiver to fly drones over crowds

The FAA finally passed a set of rules for commercial drone aviators back in August 2016, which included a formal restriction from flying over crowds of people. Given how valuable aerial footage from UAVs is, that’s been a difficult regulation for news outlets to stomach. But today, the agency granted CNN the first waiver to […]

Why Delta’s $250,000 MQD Waiver is Good, According to Some Diamond Medallions

DL’s $ 250k MQD Waiver is Good, According to Some Diamonds Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site […]

Dodge Demands Owners Sign Waiver When Ordering Demon

– Ever since the maniacal Dodge Challenger SRT Demon arrived in a cloud of hoopla and tire smoke, pundits both amateur and professional have been gabbing about the sheer irresponsibility of Mopar’s street-legal drag car, a monster in the grand tradition of the 1968 Hemi Dart. Of course, the legal environment has changed markedly in […]

Manchester bombing: United Airlines issues waiver for people wanting to DELAY travel plans

The UK recently upped the terror threat level to critical, the highest on the threat list. As the first time since 2007, it has created uncertainty in the travel industry regarding travel to the country. United Airlines has since announced that they are to bring in a travel waiver for all of their passengers flying […]

ExxonMobil seeks sanctions waiver to keep Russia oil deal alive – report

ExxonMobil has applied for a waiver from US sanctions against Russia to keep a claim to Black Sea oil exploration rights negotiated in 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported. Exxon’s former CEO Rex Tillerson is now US secretary of state. The Journal reported on the application Wednesday afternoon, citing “people familiar with the matter,” who […]

FCC waiver helps Jewish community centers ID bomb threats

Following a string of more nearly 70 anonymous bomb threats made to Jewish community centers in 27 states since the start of the year, the Federal Communications Commission issued an emergency order on Friday. The order, which takes effect immediately, waives the telecommunications restriction that prevents phone carriers from sharing the calling party number (CPN) […]