WIND TURBINE MAKER LOOKS TO TRAIN WYO. WORKERS

cheyenne» Wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind Americas plans to train Wyoming workers as wind energy technicians, CEO David Halligan said.

Good candidates could include workers laid off as a result of the recent downturn in Wyoming’s coal, oil and natural gas industries. The company needs workers experienced in construction, ironworks and steelworks, Halligan said at an energy industry conference Thursday.

Halligan announced Goldwind Works, a company-sponsored training program, will start with meetings in June followed by wind farm tours for those interested in working in the industry, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports.

Volkswagen has fix for more cars in emissions scandal.

U.S. and California regulators approved a fix for more Volkswagen cars caught up in the company’s emissions cheating scandal, giving their owners an option to keep the vehicles instead of having the automaker buy them back, regulators announced Friday.

The modification to bring the vehicles into compliance with U.S. emissions standards applies to about 84,000 Passats with automatic transmission from model years 2012 to 2014, according to Volkswagen. Regulators previously approved a fix for another 67,000 2-liter Volkswagens. More than 550,000 vehicles in the U.S. were implicated in the scandal.

Appeals court strikes down FAA drone-registration rule.

An appeals court on Friday struck down a Federal Aviation Administration rule that required owners of drones used for recreation to register their craft.

The ruling was a victory for hobbyists and a setback for the FAA, which cited safety concerns as it tried to tighten regulation of the fast-growing army of drone operators. Some pilots of commercial airliners have reported close calls with drones flying near airports.

About 760,000 hobbyists have registered more than 1.6 million drones since 2015, and sales have skyrocketed.

Government to switch to one student-debt servicing firm.

The Education Department has announced it will move servicing of $1.3 trillion in federal student loans to a single provider.

The department said Friday the change will improve customer service and increase oversight. No details were given on when the provider will be chosen.

Currently, 10 companies service student loans. In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos calls the previous system, put in place under President Barack Obama, “chaotic.”