Drew Costley

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Northrop Grumman employees celebrated a new Florida facility with federal, state and local officials during an employee engagement event.
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In this photo made through a windshield, the sensors and lights are seen at the west bound toll gate of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate reader system.
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Turnpike's Switch to Digital Tolls Led to $104M Going Uncollected
President Joe Biden speaks during a tour of the Flatirons campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Arvanda, Colo.
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The Today in Manufacturing Podcast from Manufacturing.net
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Each week, our editors discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing and their implications for the industry. 
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A phone loads the Federal Emergency Management Agency application with the background of an image of a fire on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in San Diego. FEMA is releasing the largest update to its mobile application in a decade, at the beginning of a hurricane season that experts predict will be above average and a wildfire season that's on par with recent years' big burns.
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FEMA Releases Largest Update to its Mobile App in a Decade
The update makes the app more like social media.
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Ashley Williams Watt walks near a wellhead and flowline at her ranch, Friday, July 9, 2021, near Crane, Texas. The wells on Watt's property seem to be unplugging themselves. Some are leaking dangerous chemicals into the ground, which are seeping into her cattle's drinking water. And she doesn't know how long it's been going on.
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Interior Department Approves $1B to Clean Up Abandoned Wells
States will have to apply for funding set aside for well cleanup.
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According to a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, researchers who study the environment and public health say that thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars have been saved in the United States by recent reductions in emissions from vehicles.
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Vehicle Emission Declines Decreased Deaths, Study Finds
The economic benefits of the reduction in emissions totaled $270 billion.
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A truck drives past pump jacks operating at the Inglewood Oil Field, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles County Votes to Phase Out Oil and Gas Drilling
The field produced 2.5 million to 3.1 million barrels of oil a year over the past decade.
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