It took eleven years for the state of Arkansas along with the federal government to take legal action, but on Friday, they sued ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for the 2013 Pegasus oil pipeline leak that flooded the city of Mayflower with crude oil. And already a settlement is in the works and paperwork could …
June 3, 2024 archive
Researchers look to use solar farm sites also for farm production
(Frank Morris–Harvest Public Media) It’s called agrivoltaics—the coexistance of solar farming with production agriculture. As solar farming spreads radidly, it’s consuming valuable farm land in some instances. But in more and more cases, livestock are being allowed to graze and roam under higher placed solar panels. A site north of Lawrence, Kansas is one example …
Energy briefs
** Elon Musk’s Tesla is not the only electric vehicle company laying off workers en masse; one of its rivals, Lucid, announced last week that it’s laying off about 400 people, SFGate reports, more than a year after another round of layoffs that saw 1,300 people get the boot. ** An Iowa Republican congressional candidate says the government …
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