Janet McConnaughey

Associated Press

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.

Groups Challenge Plastics Plant Permits

They want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana.

In this June 4, 2010, file photo, a worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La.

BP Oil Spill Cash Rebuilds

The island is being restored to nearly its former size after devastating offshore oil spill 10 years ago.

Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit

The Army Corps of Engineers is accused of failing to disclose environmental damage and public health risks, and of failing to adequately consider environmental damage from the Formosa Plastics plant.

Goodyear Tire I Stock

Goodyear to Pay $6.7M for Exploding Tire

Warnings about the possibility of serious injury from tire failure were reportedly embossed on the tire in the same color as the tire.

Lawmakers Back Fisheries Disaster Request

They claim that freshwater flooding into saltwater ecosystems has killed oysters, hurt fish catches and damaged livelihoods.

Hidden Oil Spill: Study Contradicts Owner's Claims

The company and scientists can't agree on how much oil is still leaking from a hurricane-induced spill in the Gulf of Mexico 14 years ago.

$1.5B in Tax Breaks for LA Plant

The incentives were developed to persuade a Taiwanese company to locate a $9.4 billion plastics complex along the Mississippi River.

Gulf Of Mexico With Ship 57bf06e488ef4

Dismal Time for Gulf Oil

A record low number of lease bids for oil and gas drilling reflects a tough outlook for offshore operations.

Grower Jason McDonald, at The Great Mississippi Tea Company, near Brookhaven, Miss., shows some of the tea plants he hopes to develop into a strong sustainable cash crop.

Pricey Tea a Growing Niche in U.S., Canada

There's money to be made because more Americans are willing to pay premium prices for what they consider top quality, said tea consultant Nigel Melican.