Tag: Materials industry
People downwind of 1st atomic blast renew push for US payout
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The president of the Navajo Nation, New Mexico residents who live downwind from the site of the world’s first atomic blast...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Insider Q&A: Occidental wants to be Tesla of carbon capture
NEW YORK — Removing carbon dioxide from the air is seen as crucial to reducing the worst impacts of global warming, and the world's...
Firefighters called to plant where earlier gas leak killed 6
ATLANTA — A refrigeration company and firefighters were called to a northeast Georgia chicken processing plant where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six workers...
Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South
BESSEMER, Ala. — The South has never been hospitable to organized labor. But that may be changing, with an important test in Alabama, where...
As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe
CASPER, Wyo. — President Joe Biden’s bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry...
DOJ seeks $3.2M from West Virginia governor’s coal companies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking $3.2 million in penalties from Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim...
Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — He's made speeches alongside Barack Obama and attended business meetings with Donald Trump. He once gave $200,000 to Nelson...
Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear goes to ‘Loony Porn’
BERLIN — Judges at the Berlin Film Festival announced Friday that the satirical movie ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ by Romanian director Radu...
US: Russia blocks Syria chemical weapons use accountability
UNITED NATIONS — The United States accused Syrian President Bashar Assad and his close ally Russia on Thursday of trying to block all efforts...
