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Heavy equipment is seen at a site where sections of the Dakota Access pipeline were being buried.
Tribes Make New Move to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
The tribes argue that potential harm to their water supply outweighs any economic impacts.
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This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3.
Pentagon Estimates Cost of New Nuclear Missiles at $95.8B
That's up about $10 billion from four years ago.
Oct 20th, 2020
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IP During and After COVID
Along with the advances and innovation created by pivoting to make essential products, these moves could open new intellectual property challenges for manufacturers.
Oct 20th, 2020
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A Boeing 737 Max jet.
American Plans Flights with Boeing 737 Max by Year-End
Oct 20th, 2020
This Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, photo shows the General Motors logo. General Motors is expected to reveal that it will build the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV at its factory in Spring Hill, Tenn., when it makes a major manufacturing announcement Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.
GM to Announce Electric Vehicle for Tennessee Plant
Oct 20th, 2020
Satellite dishes inside Kevlar domes at the Kester Satellite Ground Station in Kester, Belgium, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. This week, the site at Kester, which has been in use for decades but was totally overhauled in 2014, is set to fall under a new orbit, when NATO announces that it is creating a space center to help manage satellite communications and key parts of its military operations around the world.
NATO to Set Up New Space Center
Oct 20th, 2020
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Retail location of Cresco Labs' Sunnyside brand.
Cresco CEO Talks Industry Challenges
Demand has been resilient despite the pandemic.
Oct 19th, 2020
A staffer wears a mask while taking orders at a small restaurant in Grand Lake, Colo.
1 in 4 US Workers Have Weighed Quitting
Fear of contracting the virus is a top concern for those working outside the home.
Oct 19th, 2020
Artist’s rendering of NuScale Power’s small modular nuclear reactor plant.
US Awards $1.4B to Help Build Small Nuclear Reactors
The Energy Department hopes nuclear power can complement intermittent renewable energy such as wind and solar power.
Oct 19th, 2020
A worker moves boxes at Snowman Logistics, India's largest cold storage company in Taloja.
Vaccine Storage Issues Could Leave 3B People Without Access
The world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe.
Oct 19th, 2020
Apian founders Hammad Jeilani (right) and Christopher Law.
Space Agency Backs Medical Drone Delivery Project
The hybrid drones can carry up to 4.4 pounds and fly about 60 miles.
Oct 19th, 2020
This August, 2020 photo shows Tesla's Germany plant under construction.
Utility Restores Water to Tesla Site
The company had been cut off at its work site for unpaid bills.
Oct 19th, 2020
This Feb. 9, 2016, file photo shows an ice-covered ConocoPhillips sign at a drilling site in Nuiqsut, Alaska. ConocoPhillips is buying shale producer Concho Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $9.7 billion. The companies said Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, that the combined business will be the largest independent oil and gas company, with pro forma production of more than 1.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.
ConocoPhillips Makes $9.7B Acquisition
The two companies will reportedly form the largest independent oil & gas company.
Oct 19th, 2020
Renovations and new construction continue at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 in Detroit.
GM Unveils Factory Zero
The Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center is being transformed into an all-electric vehicle assembly plant.
Oct 16th, 2020
Remnants of an oceanfront building in Sea Bright N.J. that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
Electric Cars, Homes and Shops: NJ's Clean Energy Future?
The cost will be so great that authorities did not even try to estimate it.
Oct 16th, 2020
A tunnel boring machine at the bottom of a construction site at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Nov. 15, 2019.
Musk Firm Proposes 'Vegas Loop' Tunnel
The Boring Co. wants to widen the scope of its underground motorway.
Oct 16th, 2020
A member of the Uyghur American Association rallies in front of the White House.
Gloves Linked to Forced Labor in China Stopped at LA Port
Customs officials said the gloves were made in a region where China's government has imprisoned more than 1 million people.
Oct 16th, 2020
Lockheed Martin’s OpFires team is developing a missile with a unique throttleable booster that can defeat targets across the medium-range spectrum.
Lockheed Beefs Up OpFires Team
The company expects to complete its first live fire in 2021.
Oct 16th, 2020