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California Urges Power Conservation Amid Heat Wave
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s power grid operator called for voluntary energy conservation on Thursday as the state sweltered under a heat wave that has blanketed the West and brought dangerously high temperatures to many areas. The California Independent System … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePower Outage Hits 337K in Puerto Rico Amid Growing Outrage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A sudden power failure left more than 337,000 customers in the dark across Puerto Rico late Wednesday, enraging many who were recovering from a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory just days ago. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDead ‘Murder Hornet’ Near Seattle is 1st Found in US in 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the country this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday. Entomologists from the state and U.S. Agriculture departments … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFire-Ravaged Ship Sinks, Prompting Sri Lankan Pollution Fear
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after catching fire, raising concerns about a possible environmental disaster. The ship’s operator said the wreck of the Singapore-flagged X-Press … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreViewpoint: How Undead Corporations Can Help Fund Oregon’s Environmental Cleanup
We all know that corporations and limited liability companies can die. In actuality, they are dissolved and given time to wind up their affairs, but the point is that after five years following proper notice to potential creditors and other … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU.S. Safety Agency Probes 10 Tesla Crash Deaths Since 2016
WASHINGTON — U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday they have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where advanced driver assistance systems were suspected of use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreReinsurers Look at Dumping Coal From Bulk-Buy Policies in Green Gambit
LONDON — Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global climate change commitments, but now comes the hard part – finding ways to exclude coal from bulk-buy contracts, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStung By Pandemic and JBS Cyberattack, U.S. Ranchers Build New Beef Plants
U.S. cattle ranchers and investors are sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into new beef plants after temporary closures of massive slaughterhouses at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic left farmers with nowhere to send animals destined to be turned … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUtah Protesters Take Plea Deal, to Pay $100K for Damages
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four of the nine protesters charged after police accused them of painting a street red and smashing windows at a district attorney’s office last year in Salt Lake City have taken a plea deal and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWind-Whipped Montana Fires Burn Structures, Spur Evacuations
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires burning in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as furious winds stoked the blazes and caused a fire helicopter to crash land, officials said Wednesday. In the … Source: Claims Journal
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