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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to help pay for climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for months. Grants that were scheduled to be announced earlier this week include [...]
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — A growing number of companies are bringing automation to agriculture, which could ease the sector’s deepening labor shortage, help farmers manage costs and protect workers from extreme heat, analysts say. Researchers say automation could also improve yields by bringing greater accuracy to planting, harvesting, and farm management, potentially mitigating some of [...]
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS — The most far- reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down last week by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment ensuring access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. Enforcement of the [...]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead-pipe replacement funding to the wrong states because it didn’t verify inaccurate data provided by Texas and Florida, an agency watchdog announced. It’s possible that the EPA can avoid much of the misallocation and can recover some funds [...]
The mostly unregulated carbon dioxide removal industry is calling on the federal government to implement standards and regulations to boost transparency and confidence in the sector that’s been flooded with billions of dollars in federal funding and private investment. A report released earlier this week by the Carbon Removal Alliance, a non-profit organization representing the [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Across the auto industry, analysts say, an “affordability shift” is taking root as buyers have made vehicles in the below-average $20,000-to-$30,000 price range the fastest-growing segment of the nation’s new-auto market. The trend is being led by people who say they can no longer afford a new vehicle that would cost them [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — From 7-Eleven to regional chains such as QuikTrip, the operators of convenience stores are looking at ways to increase revenue to offset slowing sales of certain products, such as cigarettes, maps and soft drinks. Some convenience stores are adding sit-down seating at some locations, expanding their coffee menus to rival Starbucks [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving large offshore wind projects as administration officials race to secure climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. Biden said he wants to establish a legacy for climate action that includes locking in a trajectory [...]
Two schools, a former ice storage building and a canopy walk tower in the woods are among this year’s winners of the Columbus chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards. The winners include seven central Ohio projects, one project in Athens and one in Brooklyn, N.Y. There were 45 entries, which were judged [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The largest retail trade group in the country this week said it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday shopping season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and elevated prices. The National Retail Federation said its forecast for [...]