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‘Con Man:’ Founder of Electric Truck Company Nikola Convicted of Fraud

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truck maker Nikola, was convicted of fraud after being accused of bragging about nonexistent technology in an attempt to inflate his company’s stock price. “Trevor Milton is a con man,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan Estes said. “He lied to investors to get their money, plain and simple.”

Nikola Motors founder Trevor Milton

Hayward: China, World’s Worst Polluter, Condemns U.S. and Europe for Coal Plants

China’s state-run Global Times on Friday harangued America and Europe for using coal power to make up for electricity shortfalls – even though China is building coal plants with wild abandon, digging up and importing mountains of coal to fuel them, and making it very clear that China’s industrial goals will not be compromised in any way to satisfy climate activists.

In this Nov. 28, 2019, file photo, smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in He