Winter is coming — and for many American families, so are higher home heating bills. But the federal government has a plan to ease the burden. A new initiative from the Biden administration will provide more than $13 billion to blunt spiking energy costs for low- and moderate-income families.

European Union negotiators reached a landmark deal last week to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars. By 2035, they agreed, automakers must achieve a 100 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from new cars sold — effectively sealing the fate of the European internal combustion engine.