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We know how to prevent black lung, so why are workers still dying?
Silicosis is one of the oldest workplace hazards and public health experts have known for decades how to prevent it. Yet a new wave of workers, from Appalachian coalminers to Latino countertop fabrication workers, are developing and dying from the…
It's the vibe: Why Hanson's candidate with a drug-taking past will win
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce is right to draw a clear distinction between Alternative for Germany (AfD) and One Nation. The parties have completely…
From four hours to 14: Punjab industry bears brunt as power crisis deepens
On Saturday, however, the shutdown was further extended. In several parts of Punjab, power supply to Category 2 and 3 industrial consumers was switched off from around 4.30 pm, with PSPCL officials confirming that the supply would remain suspended…
Planned Powys rail centre not built despite £70m spend
The future of a proposed rail-testing centre that has received £70m of taxpayers' money but still has not been built is to be decided by the Welsh government. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has not found the private-sector…
Trump Power Plant' Coming to Fayette County, the Largest Investment in Its History
UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania -- Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners had watched the March announcement like everyone else: a $17…
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.
WASHINGTON — Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate…
US scientists turn to chickens to sound the alarm as West Nile cases rise
The start of West Nile virus transmission began unusually early in some US states, with the most cases in early summer since 2004, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned in July – so Delaware turned to chickens.
The ancient woodland in Sheffield left untouched for 100 years
In a city with a population of almost 600,000 people, even if it prides itself on being one of the UK's greenest, it is rare to find places untouched by human activity - but an ancient woodland in Sheffield is home to just such an area…
The ancient woodland in Sheffield left untouched for 100 years
Wendy Middleton, Yorkshire and Paulette Edwards, BBC Radio Sheffield In a city with a population of almost 600,000 people, even if it prides itself on being one of the UK's greenest, it is rare to find places untouched by human activity - but an…
The 6 Creepiest Roadside Detours You Can Take Across America This Spooky Season
Some highway exits have a gas station, a Subway, and maybe a weird gift shop where everything's covered in dust. Others have a fire that's been burning underground since 1962, the ruins of a doomsday cult, and stone animal cages covered in 40 years…
'Fossil fuels will still play important role': BRICS Declaration opposes carbon border tax
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Amid disruptions to global supply chains and energy security due to the West Asia conflict, the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit unequivocally acknowledged that fossil…
Scientists got diamond's melting point wrong by more than 1,000 degrees, crushing new laser experiment reveals
Scientists melted diamonds with a powerful laser to take some of the most precise measurements of the mineral's elusive melting point — and found that previous experiments were off by more than 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit (700 degrees Celsius).
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Discusses U.S-Canada Trade Conflict
Here's the fact bomb that silences Canadians almost immediately when delivered. In December 2024 then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, told President-elect Donald Trump that Canada could not comply with a renewed trade agreement based on reciprocity…
Trump has prioritized oil and minerals. Lower prices haven't followed.
President Donald Trump promised to ramp up natural resource drilling and mining as a way to create jobs and cut Americans' energy bills. His administration has acted on the pledge, but the results have mostly fallen short – in some cases…
OUT ON A LIMB: Old-time businesses were often small
Was your Wyoming Valley ancestor a “confectioner”? How about a “haberdasher”? Our area has a long history of self-employed people starting and managing their own businesses. It is common for a genealogist of today to be…
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