Grant Schulte

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June 5, 2026
A scientist prepares samples while doing research on PFAS at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab. Understanding of chemicals’ risks has been built on IRIS assessments.
What Happens When the EPA Sidelines Its Independent Chemical Referee
May 20, 2026
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, testifies to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and related agencies on the budget request for the EPA, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington.
EPA Aims to Roll Back Limits on Toxic Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants
May 15, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39-A on Nov. 15, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Elon Musk Gets Apology from California Regulators
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Senate Nears Approval of Wide-Ranging Energy Bill
In this 2014 file photo, aircraft wait on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London. A collision between a British Airways passenger jet and a drone left the plane undamaged, but the aviation industry shaken. British police and air-accident authorities are investigating the incident.
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Drones & Passenger Rights in Bill
In this 2014 file photo, aircraft wait on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London. A collision between a British Airways passenger jet and a drone left the plane undamaged, but the aviation industry shaken. British police and air-accident authorities are investigating the incident.
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Drone vs. Jet Collision
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Video AI agents uncover production floor risks, including missing PPE, idle workstations and operational bottlenecks.
June 5, 2026
In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson waits to be sworn in at the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. The nation's opioid addiction crisis has prompted 48 states to file lawsuits and another to say it is planning to sue the drugmakers, distributors or pharmaceutical companies. Only one state has not done so. The attorney general in Nebraska has been active in combating opioid addiction but so far has remained on the sidelines while other states and thousands of local governments have taken legal action. Some attorneys for local governments in Nebraska question whether it's the right approach.
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NE Holds Out on Pursuing Opioid Cases
Every other state has sued, filed administrative charges or promised to sue the companies blamed for the national crisis.
June 13, 2019
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No Toxic Releases in Flooded Midwest
There were no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites.
March 28, 2019
A conventional beef burger, left, is seen Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, next to 'The Impossible Burger', right, a plant-based burger containing wheat protein, coconut oil and potato protein among it's ingredients. The ingredients of the Impossible Burger are clearly printed on the menu at Stella's Bar & Grill in Bellevue, Neb., where the meat and non-meat burgers are served. More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term 'meat' on product labels, Nebraska's powerful farm groups are pushing for similar protection from veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like meat.
Food & Beverage
Food Industry Tries to Protect 'Meat'
They just want to make sure people know what they're eating; they "don't want to be the meat police."
January 14, 2019
In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, the Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb. A federal judge on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, ordered the U.S. State Department to conduct a more thorough review of the Keystone XL pipeline's proposed pathway after Nebraska state regulators changed the route, raising the possibility of further delays to a project first proposed in 2008.
Regulation
New Review of Keystone XL Ordered
It's not clear whether the additional review will delay the 1,184-mile project.
August 17, 2018
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Regulation
Report Claims Keystone XL Won't Impact Nebraska
But some opponents fear the project is "just being pushed through" despite warning signs.
July 31, 2018
Attorney Dave Domina gestures as he questions Tony Palmer, TransCanada senior vice-president, unseen, who testified before the Nebraska Public Service Commission in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The Nebraska Public Service Commission is holding a five-day public hearing to decide whether to approve TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline which would transport oil from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, across Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska.
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Keystone Pipeline Execs Grilled in Hearing
Monday's hearing follows a top company executive's suggestion last month that TransCanada officials haven't yet decided whether to proceed with the project.
August 8, 2017
In this July 29, 2017 photo, Jane Kleeb, president of Bold Alliance, center, landowner Chris Carlson, second right and volunteers, pose for a photo under an array of solar panels they built in a corn field belonging to the Carlsons of Silver Creek, Ne., in the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite new uncertainty over whether TransCanada, the builder of the Keystone XL pipeline will continue the project, longtime opponents in Nebraska aren't letting their guard down and neither are law enforcement officials who may have to react to protests if it wins approval.
Supply Chain
Can Keystone XL Survive Low Oil Prices?
Low oil prices and the high cost of extracting Canadian crude from oil sands are casting new doubts on Keystone XL.
August 4, 2017
A 2014 Santa Monica rally against the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Supply Chain
TransCanada Seeks $15B Over Pipeline
A spokesman for the Canadian developer says the November rejection was "arbitrary and unjustified."
June 27, 2016
Fire crews keep watch over a controlled grass fire at the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Neb., on Friday, April 22, 2016. University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers used the burn as a chance to test a drone that can start its own fires.
Product Development
Firefighting Drones Battle Grass Fires
The drone, which is about two feet wide with six rotors — is programmed to drop the balls filled with a chemical powder in a preset pattern to control how the fire spreads.
April 25, 2016
Nebraska state Sens. Heath Mello of Omaha, left, and Tanya Cook of Omaha, bottom right, react in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, April 20, 2016, after lawmakers overrode their Republican governor’s veto to approve a law allowing certain immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to work in health care, education and dozens of other professions that require state licenses.
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State Allows Licenses for Immigrants
Supporters say it's a way to fill jobs in fields with skilled worker shortages, such as manufacturing and nursing.
April 20, 2016