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August 4, 2022
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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.
August 4, 2022
A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported.
Safety
Pipeline's Safeguards Not Working in Louisiana Diesel Spill
The spill sent 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a wetland.
February 8, 2022
The Biden administration on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, issued a solicitation for interest in developing solar power on public lands in Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.
Product Development
Biden Administration Moves to Expand Solar Power on U.S. Land
The projects would generate up to 465 megawatts of electricity.
December 22, 2021
A Los Angeles federal grand jury on Wednesday, Dec. 15 charged a Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries for the oil spill off the California coast in October.
Safety
Texas Pipeline Company Charged in California Oil Spill
Prosecutors said companies failed to respond to eight leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period.
December 16, 2021
In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo provided by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the platforms Ellen and Elly stand offshore near Long Beach, Calif., in the BSEE's Pacific Region. Oil production in federal waters in the Pacific is down 90% over the past several decades and no new drilling leases have been sold in the region since the early 1980s.
Operations
Aging Equipment, Spills Test Ties Between Oil, California
A recent incident has renewed calls to end drilling in coastal waters.
October 15, 2021
Workers in protective suits walk by as dead marine life washed off on a beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.
Safety
California Pipeline Likely Damaged Up to a Year Before Spill
Investigators will pore over a year of data on ship movements near the area of the break.
October 11, 2021
Workers clean oil from the sand south of the pier in Newport Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A leak in an oil pipeline caused a spill off the coast of Southern California, sending about 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, some ending up on beaches in Orange County.
Safety
Ship's Anchor May Have Caused Massive California Oil Spill
Federal transportation investigators said the pipe was split open at a depth of about 98 feet.
October 6, 2021
President Joe Biden suspended oil and gas lease sales in his first days in office — a move later blocked by a federal judge — and faced pressure from environmental groups to take similar actions on coal.
Regulation
Climate Impact of Coal Sales from U.S. Lands Scrutinized
Almost half the nation's annual coal production is mined by private companies from leases on federal land.
August 19, 2021
This Feb. 21, 2012, file photo, shows equipment in the oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah.
Regulation
Trump Administration Cuts Oil, Gas Fees
The temporary breaks are intended to help companies with workforce problems or other issues due to the pandemic.
June 11, 2020
In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas.
Operations
Border Work on Track; Rural Towns Fear Virus Spread
Major construction projects are moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.
April 3, 2020
In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. The Navajo Nation will not financially back bonds a tribal energy company needs for a trio of newly acquired coal mines off the reservation, the tribal president said Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, explaining that it's too risky and his administration wants the company to move away from coal. The Navajo Transitional Energy Co. recently bought Montana's largest coal mine and two mines in Wyoming at auction after Cloud Peak Energy declared bankruptcy.
Operations
Tribe Won't Back Energy Company's New Mines
The Navajo Nation wants its energy company to move away from coal.
November 13, 2019
In this April 4, 2013 file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, MT.
Operations
Deal Reached at Shuttered Montana Coal Mine
The Navajo Transitional Energy Company shut down the mine Thursday after Montana regulators insisted the company waive its immunity as a tribal entity from future lawsuits.
October 28, 2019
In this April 4, 2013 file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, MT.
Regulation
Navajo Company Shuts Coal Mine in Dispute
The dispute concerns whether the mine's new owner should be immune as a tribal entity from future lawsuits for environmental violations or reclamation costs.
October 25, 2019
In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct.16, 2019, has temporarily blocked the Trump administration rules that eased restrictions on oil and gas drilling and other development on portions of seven U.S. Western states.
Regulation
Judge Blocks Trump from Easing Energy Rules
The ground-dwelling greater sage grouse is at the center of a bitter conflict between the administration and conservationists.
October 17, 2019
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Safety
Cleanup of Abandoned Wells Costs U.S.
The GAO has identified almost 2,300 abandoned wells that have not produced oil or gas since 2008.
September 19, 2019