2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (978+ words) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Friday approved an investigation report on Tesla's battery-grade lithium compounds manufacturing facility near Robstown in Nueces County, finding no violation of the plant's wastewater discharge permit. TCEQ began its investigation after workers for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1673+ words) When Cary Quintana learned about a new initiative to promote fair treatment and safe conditions for vineyard workers, the Northern California winemaker immediately signed on." It's the first label to showcase the people who pick the grapes, rather than the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (846+ words) Facing each other, two appliance installers strapped a 350-pound stove to their bodies, with thick black cords wrapped around their backs to support it. One of the workers walked up the stairs backwards as they carefully maneuvered up the narrow…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (853+ words) Spanning seven U.S. states and one Canadian province, the Columbia River Basin was once the largest salmon-producing river system in the world. Yet, with four of the 16 salmon and steelhead trout species now extinct and another seven endangered or threatened, its…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (659+ words) In the world's waters, fish are making a quiet, biological retreat. The once simple rules of the ocean'grow larger than potential predators'are being rewritten as temperatures reach record highs. Desperate to survive, fish are hitting the fast-forward button on life…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1130+ words) After a year in which the Trump administration rolled back electric-vehicle rebates and funding programs, the largest electric utility in Illinois announced an additional rebate program of nearly $70 million to fund electric-vehicle infrastructure projects in northern Illinois." Leaders of the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (858+ words) A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration's efforts to shut down New York's congestion pricing program are unlawful. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, handed down the decision. Liman also granted an injunction in…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (738+ words) Just over a year ago, the Trump administration gutted staff across the National Park Service, triggering a series of protests around the country, a signal of the public's deep passion for America's "crown jewels." On top of this, a recent…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (878+ words) From Los Angeles" luxurious sushi restaurants to Latin America"s roadside ceviche stands, consumers are being lied to. The canned tuna sold on supermarket shelves in Europe or the tiger prawns grilled on Australian barbecues aren"t always what they…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (881+ words) In the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress voted to invest $5 billion in accelerating a phase-out of diesel school buses across the country, a move meant to protect students from harmful pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But the Clean School Bus…...