Two workers were killed Tuesday when a giant blaze broke out at a British Petroleum refinery in Ohio. It happened at the Husky Toledo Refinery in the city of Oregon, just outside Toledo reported NBC News. Click here for NBC News
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Judge tosses convictions of former KU researcher
A University of Kansas researcher who had been accused of illegally concealing work he did at a Chinese university won a major victory in court when a federal judge three out three of four convictions against him. A jury had convicted research Feng “Franklin” Tao last spring three three counts of wire fraud …
Residents near Tinker Air Force Base blame health problems on polluted water wells
For nearly two years, some residents around Tinker Air Force Base have been getting bottled water from the Air Force after their water wells were tested and found to be polluted by chemicals. Fox 25 News reported some of the residents are blaming the chemicals in their water for their health problems. Click here …
Manchin accuses Republican Senators of revenge politics on his energy bill
West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin isn’t happy with Republicans who won’t help pass his plan to fast-track energy permitting projects. He chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee where Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is one of the Republican members. Manchin says GOP senators aren’t supporting him in retaliation for his support …
More headlines of energy stories
** Since Puerto Rico banned coal ash storage, the toxic waste from its coal plant has been quietly shipped through Florida to Georgia. ** Seven Midwestern states, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, are teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean-energy alternative for automobiles and factories that rely largely on climate-warming fossil fuels, …
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