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January 31, 2023
U.S. soldiers attend the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022.
U.S. Military Creates Space Unit in S. Korea to Watch North
December 14, 2022
Dust flies as a farmer plows over a failed cotton field, Oct. 4, 2022, Halfway, Texas.
Rural Voters 'in the Trenches' on Climate
December 12, 2022
It shows that the United States and Russia have enough fossil fuel reserves to exhaust the world’s remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius warming.
First Public Global Database of Fossil Fuels Launches
September 19, 2022
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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
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China Says Suspected Spy Balloon Over U.S. Skies is for Research
Dredge Jadwin, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging vessel, powers south down the Mississippi River Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, past Commerce, Mo. Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
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Pumping Mississippi River Water West a Potential Drought Solution
California Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat from Winters, California, speaks during a rally at the California Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Aguiar-Curry has introduced a bill that would require human drivers to be present for self-driving semitrucks.
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Self-Driving Semis Focus of California Rules, Legislation
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January 31, 2023
In this Wednesday, July 17, 2019, photo, hose-pipes are used to fill train wagons with drinking water piped in from the Mettur dam on the Cauvery River, at Jolarpet railway station, about 216 kilometers (135 miles) from Chennai in Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On its daily sojourn, the 50-tank train carries two and a half million liters of drinking water, a small but critical source for Chennai’s water board, which is employing an army of trucks to deliver 500 million liters of water a day since desiccated reservoirs and fast-diminishing groundwater forced the city to ration public tap water to millions of users for months.
Operations
Mfg City Brings in Water by Rail
Demand for water on the Bay of Bengal far outstrips supply, forcing authorities to take extreme and costly measures to serve the city's 10 million people.
July 29, 2019
The charge carries up to $1 million in fines and five years' imprisonment.
Operations
Chemical Plant CEO Indicted
The charge carries up to $1 million in fines and five years' imprisonment.
August 3, 2018
Jim Anthony, the owner of a 14,000-acre pecan farm near Granbury, Texas, displays bud break on a tree.
Supply Chain
Pecans Could Become Part of Trade War
North America's only native nut is being rebranded to get a piece of the snack sales pie and hedge against a trade war with China.
April 25, 2018
The Arkema Inc. chemical plant is flooded from Tropical Storm Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. The plant, about 25 miles (40.23 kilometers) northeast of Houston, lost power and its backup generators amid Harvey’s dayslong deluge, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises.
Safety
Texas Chemical Plant Explodes
The flooded facility had lost power and backup generators due to the flooding, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises.
August 31, 2017
IN this Dec. 2, 2009, file photo, the Total Port Arthur refinery is shown in Port Arthur, Texas. Federal lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were filed claiming the agency has failed to correct Texas air pollution control permits with loopholes that make state enforcement rare. The suits filed Thursday, July 20, 2017, by the nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project, target permits for the largest integrated petrochemical factory in the U.S., three refineries near the Houston Ship Channel including the largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. and a coal-fired power plant east of Dallas.
Regulation
Lawsuit Targets TX Emissions Loophole
A group claims that TX power plants and refineries have polluted almost without penalty because of a loophole that allows for excessive emissions when machinery malfunctions or undergoes maintenance.
July 21, 2017