** Hurricane Helene’s death toll rises to more than 200, making it the second deadliest U.S. hurricane in the last 50 years. Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene. ** The Hualapai Nation continues to …
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** Berkshire Hathaway will take full ownership of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, after Warren Buffett’s conglomerate agreed to acquire the 8% it did not already own from the family of late billionaire philanthropist Walter Scott. ** Three environmental groups sue Montana regulators for approving an expansion of the Bull Mountain Mine that they say threatens water supplies …
Energy workforce study shows gradual workforce recovery
The Energy Workforce & Technology Council announced the release of the 2024 Workforce Report developed in collaboration with Accenture. The report provides a detailed analysis of the current state of employment within the energy services sector, focusing on job growth, workforce composition, and granular insights into diversity metrics. The 2024 Workforce Report offers a comprehensive overview of …
Landowners and others are fighting the Grain Belt Express in Kansas
Part of the huge Grain Belt Express plan to transmit electrical power from southwest Kansas across Missouri and Illinois into Indiana might have recently won approval from Kansas regulators, but it still is opposed by many landowners in Kansas. The pushback is growing, reported the Topeka Capital Journal. The Grain Belt Express is considered …
Wind turbine techs are fast growing jobs in South Dakota
The fastest growing occupation over the next several years in South Dakota will be someone who works high above the ground and strapped to machinery. Wind turbine service technicians who work a few hundred feet up in the air. The state’s Department of Labor and Regulation is out with a re port showing …
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** An estimated 2 million people are without power in the southeast United States and nearly 130 dead following last week’s arrival of Hurricane Helene. ** It’s possible that a man who drove an SUV into a 20-inch Energy Transfer above-ground natural gas liquids pipeline valve station in Deer Park two weeks ago was having …
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** The death toll is up to 102 people in six states since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm. It tore through the Southeast and left millions without power and communications. ** Exxon Mobil board director Gregory Goff recently joined a newly formed Elliott Investment Management-backed company seeking to acquire control …
Iowa goes to court over stockpiles of abandoned wind turbine blades
The growing issue of old and abandoned wind-turbine blades just jumped into court in the state of Iowa. Iowa filed suit against an out-of-state firm for dumping the old blades in violation of the state’s solid-waste laws. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported the suit was filed against Global Fiberglass Solutions based in Washington. …
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** Time is running out to avoid the first major strike at shipping terminals along the East and Gulf coasts in nearly 50 years. A group of Biden administration officials, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, are meeting with United States Maritime Alliance representatives to negotiate a deal and prevent …
Grainbelt Express transmission line wins approval from Kansas Corporation Commission
The $7 billion, four-state transmission project covering four states, won approval Thursday of the Kansas Corporation Commission. Regulators signed off on Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express, a move that established the route for two inter-related 345 kV alternating current transmission lines and their associated facilities as part of the Southwest Kansas “AC Collector System.” The …
