15,400 acre New Jersey wildfire stopped at edge of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Firefighters are gaining ground on a massive wildfire burning across Ocean and Lacey Townships, with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service reporting the blaze is now 40% contained…
Novartis plans to close a Sandoz plant in North Carolina
ZURICH (Reuters) – Pharmaceuticals company Novartis plans to close a Sandoz generics plant in Wilson, North Carolina, around the end of 2023, it said on Friday, citing inability to use the U.S.…
Tesla to host town hall event near Brandenburg plant on Sunday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Tesla will launch an open-door event on Sunday for its workers to inform local residents about the progress and environmental footprint at its German gigafactory in Gruenheide, according to…
Thailand’s WHA, China’s BYD to announce plans for EV plant in Thailand
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -WHA Group, the Thai industrial estate developer, said on Tuesday that it and China’s BYD are set to announce plans for an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing facility in Thailand. The…
POSCO says fire put out at S.Korea steel plant, production halted due to flooding
SEOUL (Reuters) -A fire broke out at South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s plant in the southeastern city of Pohang on Tuesday, a POSCO spokesperson confirmed. “A fire broke out at our Pohang steel…
‘A Valuable Backstop’: California Turns To Jet Fuel-Burning Power Plant To Keep The Lights On
‘A Valuable Backstop’: California Turns To Jet Fuel-Burning Power Plant To Keep The Lights On Jack McEvoy on September 1, 2022 California’s Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), a large state grid operator, is…
Plant City Man Pleads Guilty To Mexican Methamphetamine Drug Conspiracy
You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ubertino Zavala-Perez (58, Plant City) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…
California Votes To Save Its Last Nuclear Plant To Fight Energy Shortages
California Votes To Save Its Last Nuclear Plant To Fight Energy Shortages Jack McEvoy on September 1, 2022 California’s legislature voted overnight to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, the state’s last…
Volvo Cars to close China plant due coronavirus restrictions
OSLO (Reuters) -Sweden’s Volvo Cars will temporarily close its plant in the Chinese city of Chengdu due to local coronavirus restrictions, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. “Due to the lockdown in…
Russia says thwarted Ukrainian attempt to capture Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
(Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday Ukrainian forces tried to seize the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine and “measures had been taken” to destroy the opposing troops, including use…
Petrobras moves closer to fertilizer plant sale
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras said on Monday it had started the binding phase of selling its fertilizer project UFN-III, inviting potential buyers to bid on the plant. The sale comes…
Tyson pork plant in Indiana suspended from exporting to China -USDA
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc’s pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana, has been suspended from exporting products to China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday. The…
Russia says it destroyed howitzer used to shell Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
(Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had destroyed a U.S.-made M777 howitzer which it said Ukraine had used to shell the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. In its…
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut off from supplying power to Ukraine – TASS quotes Russian-installed official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian-installed official in the occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had broken the final power line connecting the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant…
Explainer-The vast nuclear plant in the eye of the war in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, raising the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the…
Stellantis plant in Sochaux halted over chip shortage
PARIS (Reuters) – Car production at Stellantis’ Sochaux car plant in France will be suspended until Saturday, the company confirmed to Reuters, after a union official cited semiconductor shortages as the reason…
IAEA says it could visit Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in days
VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog will visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine within days if talks to gain access succeed, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Russia…
‘It’s like sitting on a powder keg’, say people near Ukraine nuclear plant
(Reuters) – People living near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which is in southern Ukraine, on Monday said they were worried about the potentially disastrous consequences if it were hit by shells.…
Watch: Bowleys Quarters Power Plant Demolished in Planned Implosion
BALTIMORE, MD – The C.P. Crane power plant in Bowleys Quarters is no more. This week, the former power plant was demolished in a planned implosion.…
Factbox-Ukraine’s battlefield nuclear plant: what are the risks?
(Reuters) – The world nuclear watchdog has said fighting around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is “very alarming” and that it urgently needs to send inspectors to assess the risks.…
U.N. chief to meet Zelenskiy, Erdogan, with focus on grain exports, nuclear power plant
By Andrea Shalal and Ali Kucukgocmen LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday, with grain exports…
Ukraine carries out emergency drills near nuclear plant on frontline
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities performed disaster response drills on Wednesday following repeated shelling at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.…
Most Populous State Looks To Keep Last Nuclear Plant Alive To Stave Off Blackouts
Most Populous State Looks To Keep Last Nuclear Plant Alive To Stave Off Blackouts Jack McEvoy on August 15, 2022 Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California proposed on Friday to delay shutting…
U.S. backs calls for a demilitarized zone around Ukraine nuclear power plant -State Dept
WASHINGTON – The United States supports calls for a demilitarized zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after fighting involving Russian and Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of the plant, a State…
Ukraine calls for international mission to damaged power plant
(Reuters) -Staff at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex are “working under the barrels of Russian guns”, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, calling for an international mission to the…
Tata Motors to buy Ford India’s manufacturing plant for $91 million
(Reuters) – Tata Motors Ltd signed an agreement on Sunday to buy Ford Motor’s manufacturing plant in the western state of Gujarat for 7.26 billion rupees ($91.5 million). The agreement between the…
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