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July 15, 2017 - 2:55 pm

Worker killed at Pennsylvania packaging plant by lift device

MOUNT JOY, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been killed at a packaging plant. PEMA spokeswoman Ruth Miller says the death occurred at Phoenix Packaging in Mount Joy. Lancaster County 911 dispatchers say the man was trapped under a piece of lift equipment...
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July 14, 2017 - 7:31 pm

Toxins in water under Tennessee power plant causing alarm

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis residents are as proud of their sweet-tasting water as their barbecue and blues. The water — drawn from the Memphis Sand aquifer beneath this Tennessee city — is so revered that a city utility called it a "community treasure" in an online report on its cleanliness. So...
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FILE - In this May 25, 2017 aerial photo, storage tanks from the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, Calif., are seen behind the El Porto neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, Calif. A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
July 12, 2017 - 12:45 am

Proposed California climate deal takes aim at toxic air

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. The proposal comes as Gov. Jerry Brown moves to bolster...
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FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval looks at a model for a Faraday Future factory in North Las Vegas, Nev. Electric car maker Faraday Future said Monday, July 10, 2017 that it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
July 10, 2017 - 6:54 pm

Electric car maker scraps plans for $1 billion Nevada plant

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An electric car maker said Monday it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. Faraday Future halted work on the project outside Las Vegas last...
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July 10, 2017 - 5:42 pm

Electric car maker scraps plans for $1 billion Nevada plant

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An electric car maker said Monday it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. Faraday Future halted work on the project outside Las Vegas last...
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July 10, 2017 - 4:53 pm

Union files for vote by workers at Mississippi Nissan plant

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The United Auto Workers has filed to force a unionization vote at a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Mississippi after a yearslong campaign to build support. Sandra Hightower of the National Labor Relations Board confirmed that the board received the UAW's election petition in its...
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July 08, 2017 - 1:12 pm

Keel laying marks official construction of attack submarine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The keel of the nation's 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon was laid Saturday at the manufacturing plant for General Dynamics' Electric Boat. The milestone marks the ceremonial beginning of a ship's construction. Modern submarines do not have a traditional...
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July 08, 2017 - 7:30 am

Keel laying marks official construction of attack submarine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The keel of the nation's 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon is being laid at the manufacturing plant for General Dynamics' Electric Boat. The milestone marks the ceremonial beginning of a ship's construction. Modern submarines do not have a traditional...
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July 08, 2017 - 7:28 am

Keel laying marks official construction of attack submarine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The keel of the nation's 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon is being laid at the manufacturing plant for General Dynamics' Electric Boat. The milestone is being marked Saturday at a Rhode Island shipyard. It comes at a time when many in Congress and in the...
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July 07, 2017 - 4:38 am

Renewable sources of electricity outpace nuclear plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in decades, the United States got more electricity from renewable sources than nuclear power in March and April. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday that electricity production from utility-scale renewable sources exceeded nuclear generation...
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