Kellyanne Conway on Trump withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, on why the commander-in-chief made the decision to exit the Paris Accord.

Waymo confirms it is testing a self-driving truck

Waymo, the company spun-off by Google that has been developing autonomous-driving technology, confirmed it is testing a self-driving truck.

The story was first reported by BuzzFeed on June 1.

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Volvo VNR Ride & Drive

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) recently showed off its new VNR regional truck model during a ride and drive event in Winston-Salem, NC. A total of four VNR models in three configurations were made available to attending journalists: two VNR 640 6x2 highway tractors configured with mid-roof sleepers pulling 53-ft. flatbeds loaded out with concrete blocks for gross vehicle weights of 77,700 lbs.; a VNR 300 4x2 in straight truck configuration, fitted with a dry van box and hydraulic lift gate; and a VNR 300 4x2 tractor pulling a 28-ft. pup trailer.

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Trump's climate pullback opens door to Chinese leadership

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's pullback from a global climate pact could accelerate China's unlikely ascent toward leadership in stemming global warming and promoting green technology, and on global matters far removed from the environment.

French president excoriates Trump in English over his withdrawal from climate deal

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump's decision to...

Lloyd Blankfein tweeted for the first time to lament Trump pulling out of the Paris Agreement

Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein just fired off his first tweet. The Wall Street CEO...

European leaders: climate change deal can't be renegotiated

BERLIN (AP) — Top European leaders pledged Thursday to keep fighting against global warming as U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Paris climate accord, they but rejected his suggestion that the deal could later be renegotiated.