Amid allegations of poor quality work and "cutting corners," anonymous sources told the Seattle Times that the Department of Justice issued subpoenas in early June for Boeing records concerning production details of the 787 Dreamliner at a plant in South Carolina.
Why it matters: This "significantly widens the scope of the DOJ’s scrutiny of safety issues at Boeing," according to the Seattle Times. "While there are differences in the 737 and 787 matters, prosecutors are likely looking into whether broad cultural problems run throughout the company," per a Times' source.
Nine of Oregon's 12 Republican state senators returned to the state Senate on Saturday after hiding out in protest of a climate change vote for more than a week, reports AP.
Why it matters viaAxios' Ben Geman:Oregon is among the states where Democrats are moving ahead with tougher climate policies at a time when the Trump administration is unwinding Obama-era federal policies. Had Oregon passed this legislation, it would have been the second state in the country — other than California — to impose a cap-and-trade pollution credit on companies.
The current agreement between OPEC and Russia to limit oil output is all but certain to be extended, a decision that alongside the easing of U.S.-China trade tensions could temper downward pressure on crude oil prices from the economic slowdown.
Driving the news: Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the G-20 meeting in Japan that the "OPEC+" agreement, which jointly curbs production by 1.2 million barrels per day, would be extended by 6-9 months, per Reuters and other outlets. He spoke Saturday after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Scooter fleets are popping up across the country, and cities want access to rider data in exchange for letting them operate.
Driving the news: Los Angeles has spearheaded the “mobility data specification," a format for transferring transportation data between cities and electric scooter companies like Bird and Lime. A number of other U.S. cities have adopted it in some form.
France broke its all-time high temperature record of 44.1°C (111.4°F) on Friday as the mercury rose to 45.9°C (114.6°F) in Gallargues-le-Montueux as a blistering heat wave bakes Western Europe, according to Météo-France.
Between the lines, via Axios science editor Andrew Freedman: Heat waves of exceptional magnitude and duration are one of the clearest manifestations of human-caused global warming. Numerous scientific studies have tied increases in heat wave frequency, severity and duration to emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels.
