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Federal aviation safety regulators have stripped Boeing Co. licensed in letters 3.28% authority to inspect and approve several newly produced 787 Dreamliners, as part of increased scrutiny of production issues that have …
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Pandemic closures led to a rare decline in air pollution around the world during 2020, except in cities affected by smoke from large wildfires, including much of the western United States. With …
Read More »US law enforcement agency investigates ‘violent’ Tesla crash in Detroit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ auto safety agency said on Monday it is investigating an accident in Detroit on Thursday that involved a Tesla that got wedged under a trailer truck …
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Firefighters responded to a small fire at the Tesla Inc. factory in Fremont, California, on Thursday afternoon. “Located on an area of the factory property that is under construction, the deep-seated fire …
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Only a fraction of the $ 16 billion in Texas electricity surcharges stemming from last month’s blackouts can likely be recovered for consumers by attempting to reverse the charges, an independent market …
Read More »The Fukushima nuclear cleanup just begins a decade after the disaster
A solution to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains a distant goal a decade after three of its reactors melted. The most challenging part of the cleanup – …
Read More »Japan’s tsunami and nuclear disaster sparked a $ 300 billion effort to rebuild an interior
In the decade since the strongest earthquake in Japan’s history triggered a 32-foot tsunami to hit the east coast, the cleanup effort has become one of the most expensive in the world, …
Read More »Record drought hits the Southwest
S T. GEORGE, Utah – For the first time in history, rancher Jimmie Hughes saw all 15 ponds he maintains for his cattle dry up at the same time this year. Now …
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