LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long Beach Island, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ filed suit in appellate court on April 26 challenging a determination by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that ...
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May 3—Three of the defendants in the lawsuits brought by the residents and families of those who lived in a collapsed downtown Davenport building have appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. The city of Davenport, its neighborhood services director and former chief building official filed the appeal April 30, seeking to be dismissed from a consolidated lawsuit brought in the wake of the May 28 ...
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A woman was killed on Friday at a construction site in Pittsburgh when a steel drum weighing thousands of pounds rolled several hundred feet and struck her on the sidewalk. The incident occurred at around 10:40 a.m. at the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance center, according to reports from TribLive, WPXI and WTAE. Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Emily Bourne told TribLive that ...
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May 3—ST. LOUIS — Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III is beginning to talk about a massive refresh of Busch Stadium. He says the organization has been pouring money each year into the ballpark, the foundation of the franchise and a centerpiece of downtown St. Louis. But the stadium is nearing its 20th birthday and could soon need hundreds of millions of dollars more in upgrades, from new seats ...
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May 3—The first phase of a long-awaited 30-acre, $600 million medical park project owned by physicians has broken ground in Cypress. Physician investor group North Cypress Land Ventures has broken ground on Grand Cypress Doctors Pavilion One, a 60,000-square-foot project slated to be completed in June of 2025. Most of the first building has been preleased with tenants across multiple ...
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A lithium battery parts manufacturer plans to invest $140 million in its first U.S. facility, creating 545 jobs in North Carolina. Green New Energy Materials Inc., which makes a key part of lithium-ion batteries, will open its manufacturing plant in Lincoln County, Gov. Roy Cooper's office said Thursday in a news release. The Denver area facility, just northwest of Charlotte, will manufacture ...
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A major window manufacturer promises to create 501 jobs over the next five years in the Johnston County town of Selma after the state approved an incentive deal worth up to $4.1 million in future tax benefits. Headquartered in New York City, Crystal Window and Door Systems boasts being one the top 25 window producers in North America. The company operates five U.S. facilities in New York, ...
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a Ukrainian power plant repeatedly hit by Russian aerial attacks, equipment department chief Oleh has a one-word answer when asked what Ukraine’s battered energy industry needs most: “Patriot.” Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid, hobbling the economy and sapping the ...
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Mandatory evacuation orders were issued near Houston on Thursday for some residents following heavy rains in Texas that stranded motorists, flooded streets and closed schools as officials warned that conditions in some hard-hit areas could worsen. "This is a life-threatening situation,” said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in the nation's third-largest county. Storms ...
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The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state jumped to 29 as of Thursday night, with another 60 people missing, according to the state's civil defense agency. The agency had said in its prior report, at noon, that 13 people were dead and 21 people missing, just slightly higher than the toll on Wednesday. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled to ...
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