Russia Reveals Joint Plan with China to Put Nuclear Plant on the Moon
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos announced on Tuesday that it is “seriously considering” building a nuclear power plant on the moon in cooperation with China’s Communist government. The agency’s CEO, Yuri Borisov, said Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will develop plans for the construction of a robotic lunar reactor, as well as supplying […]
Biden admin punts major power plant crackdown until after 2024 election
The Biden administration is working to finalize most of its proposed environmental regulations targeting existing fossil fuel-fired power plants by after the next election. In an unexpected announcement Thursday evening, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a “new” approach to regulating emissions from fossil fuel plants that generate more than 60% of the nation’s electricity. […]
900 American Workers at West Virginia Plant Laid Off After Feds Refuse Tariffs on China
Approximately 900 American workers at a factory in Weirton, West Virginia, lost their jobs after the federal agency denied the Commerce Department’s permission to impose tariffs on cheap tin imports from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea. The prospect of losing it. On February 15th, Cleveland Cliffs executives announced The company’s tin production plant in […]
Chemical Hazmat Situation At Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Plant Hospitalizes More Than 50, Police Say
On Friday, authorities said more than a third of workers at a pharmaceutical packaging plant in eastern Pennsylvania were hospitalized due to a chemical odor. Upper Macungie Township Police Department (UMTPD) said fire and emergency medical services personnel responded shortly after noon to reports that a Sharp Packaging Solutions employee was “experiencing nausea, vomiting, and […]
Officials Told Biden’s EPA Aggressive Green Power Plant Scheme Has Serious Flaws, Docs Show
According to internal documents obtained by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, multiple Biden administration officials have warned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the agency’s aggressive efforts to significantly reduce power plant emissions. The regulation was found to have significant substantive and legal flaws. EPA’s proposal would require existing coal-fired power plants to reduce […]
NGOs lodge legal challenge against vast new petrochemical plant in Antwerp | Environment
The construction of Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years is facing a new legal challenge from a group of NGOs who say the true impact of the development on people, nature and the climate has not been taken into account. Client Earth filed papers in court on Wednesday night seeking to block Sir Jim […]
Ford, UAW reach deal to avert strike at Kentucky truck plant
The United Auto Workers (UAW) local union, UAW Local 62, and Ford have reached an agreement to avert a strike at the truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The agreement came after the UAW union announced that about 9,000 auto workers threatened to go on strike Friday at Ford’s most profitable plant, which makes SUVs and […]
First Lady New Jersey, Democrat for US Senate, power plant husband shut down
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she opposes building gas-fired standby power plants in already heavily polluted minority areas. But she would not say whether she had discussed her idea with her husband, Gov. Phil Murphy, the only person who could stop the project in its […]
Federal court jams brakes on Biden admin’s effort to shut down major petrochemical plant
A U.S. district court has granted the federal government’s request to indefinitely halt a case involving a major petrochemical plant in Louisiana. This despite claims by the Biden administration that the facility poses an imminent health threat. In a ruling late Friday, Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District of Eastern Louisiana abruptly canceled oral […]
Dem-backed Chinese firm razing trees in Michigan to make way for EV plant
A Chinese green energy company backed by the Michigan state government is cutting down trees to make way for construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory planned to help the state meet its climate goals. . Goshon, whose parent company is Hefei, China-based Goshon High-Tech, is clearing trees this week to make way for […]