Tag: Materials industry
Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined a key member of the U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Thursday to promote the role...
Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several...
West Virginia governor liable for $700M coal company loan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice confirmed on Tuesday that he is personally liable for $700 million in loans taken by his...
Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted
MILAN — Two former owners of a troubled steel plant in southern Italy were convicted Monday of toxic pollution that prosecutors say cost hundreds...
Kyrgyzstan detains ex-prime minister in mine corruption case
MOSCOW — Kyrgyzstan’s security services have detained a former prime minister in connection with an investigation of corruption involving the huge gold mine that...
Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more
CAMERON, La. — Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their...
Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more
CAMERON, La. — Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their...
Corps: Appeal review for Alaska mine could take over a year
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it could take more than a year to weigh an appeal by a...
EU eyes Belarus sanctions targeting sectors close to leader
BRUSSELS — European Union nations sketched out plans for new sanctions Thursday against Belarus that will target economic sectors close to its authoritarian president,...
Report: EPA officials improperly influenced dicamba decision
O'FALLON, Mo. — Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in hundreds...
