Michael Biesecker

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

August 16, 2024

The 163-Year-Old Shipmaker that Built the Titanic is Broke

September 17, 2024

An entrance to the Stellantis factory in Belvidere. Ill., is shown on July 10, 2023.

UAW Fight With Stellantis Escalates as Union Files Unfair Labor Charges Over Factory Commitments

September 17, 2024

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

Intel Surges on Plans to Make AI Chips for Amazon, Turn Foundry into Subsidiary

September 17, 2024

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

August 16, 2024

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Massive amounts of methane are venting into the atmosphere from oil and gas operations across the Permian Basin, new aerial surveys show. The emission endanger U.S. targets for curbing climate change.

Massive Methane Leaks Speed Up Climate Change

There's now nearly three times as much methane in the air than there was before industrial times. The year 2021 saw the worst single increase ever.

July 28, 2022

Workers in protective suits walk by as dead marine life washed off on a beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.

California Pipeline Likely Damaged Up to a Year Before Spill

Investigators will pore over a year of data on ship movements near the area of the break.

October 11, 2021

The Rotterdam Express is seen at the Port of Oakland, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 in Oakland, Calif. The Rotterdam Express, a massive cargo ship made a series of unusual movements while anchored in the closest spot to a Southern California oil pipeline that ruptured and sent crude washing up on beaches, according to data collected by a marine navigation service.

Investigators Board Ship Anchored Near Oil Pipeline

The ship made a series of unusual movements while anchored in a spot closest to the pipeline break.

October 7, 2021

In a satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, an oil slick is shown on Sept. 2, 2021 south of Port Fourchon, La. The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday, Sept. 4, that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.

After Ida Oil Spill, Divers Put Containment Dome on Pipeline

The ruptured pipeline is the likely source of an 11-mile-long oil slick.

September 8, 2021

Photos captured by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021 and reviewed by The Associated Press show a miles long black slick floating in the Gulf of Mexico near a large rig marked with the name Enterprise Offshore Drilling.

Photos Show Black Slick in Water Near Oil Rig after Ida

State and federal regulators said they had been unable to reach the stricken area.

September 2, 2021

Precinct captain Carl Voss of Des Moines displays the Iowa Democratic Party caucus reporting app on his phone outside of the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

Maker Behind Glitchy Caucus App

The start-up's founders presented themselves as gurus of campaigning in the digital era.

February 5, 2020

In this May 20, 2019, file photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry share a joke during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine.

Perry Supporters Win Huge Gas Deal in Ukraine

Two supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a lucrative oil and gas deal from the Ukrainian government after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country's new president.

November 11, 2019

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CA Looks to Preserve Clout

The administration's move to stop California from setting its own emission standards would undermine it's ability to convince automakers to make more environmentally-friendly vehicles.

September 19, 2019

This Feb. 14, 2019, photo released by Caltrans District 3 shows a 7-mile back up on the South bound Interstate 5, as it reopens to traffic in Maxwell in Colusa County, Calif. The Trump administration is poised revoke California’s authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy.

EPA Slammed for MPG Plan

Top California officials and environmental groups pledged legal action to stop the rollback.

September 18, 2019

This booking image provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in Birmingham, Ala, shows Trey Glenn. Glenn, the Trump administration’s top environmental official for the Southeast has been arrested on multiple state ethics violations in Alabama related to an illegal scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup. Glenn was booked into a county jail in Birmingham on Thursday, Nov. 15, before being released on a $30,000 bond.

EPA Official Arrested

He was arrested for a scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup.

November 16, 2018

In this Sept. 19, 2018, photo released by Cape Fear River Watch, heavy rains from Hurricane Florence erode and breach a coal ash landfill at the L.V. Sutton Power Station in Wilmington, N.C. The landfill under construction at the site ruptured over the weekend, spilling enough material to fill 180 dump trucks. Coal ash contains arsenic, mercury and other toxic metals.

Floodwaters Inundate NC Power Plant

Company employees notified state regulators that the lake at the L.V. Sutton Power Station was at the highest alert level under its emergency action plan.

September 21, 2018

A wastewater treatment plant is inundated from floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Marion, S.C., Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.

Floods Likely to Result in Contamination

Conditions are so bad that inspectors have been unable to visit the hardest hit areas or collect samples of the floodwater for lab testing.

September 20, 2018

A hog farm is inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.

NC Flooding Claims 3.4M Poultry, 5,500 Hogs

Sixteen North Carolina rivers were at major flood stage Tuesday, with an additional three forecasted to peak by Thursday.

September 19, 2018

In this June 23, 2014 file photo, the dried-up bed of an inactive coal ash pond is seen at Duke Energy's Sutton plant in Wilmington, N.C. Duke Energy says heavy rains from Florence have caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said Saturday night, Sept. 15, 2018, that about 2,000 cubic yards of ash have been displaced at the L. V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington.

Florence Rains Cause Collapse at NC Coal Ash Landfill

About 2,000 cubic yards of ash were displaced. That's enough ash to fill 180 dump trucks.

September 17, 2018