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An effort to block an oil-by-rail facility in Portland could be solidified this week. This summer, the city of Portland decided to deny a land-use compatibility statement for the Texas-based company Zenith Energy, which receives oil via trains, stores it, and then it sends it to ships. Noelle Studer-Spevak, board member of Families for Climate, which is among a coalition of groups working to stop the facility, said people have been fighting for it because there has been a dramatic increase in ...

A woman convicted of sabotaging railroad tracks near the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state just before a train carrying crude oil was due to pass through has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.

BELLINGHAM — A woman convicted of sabotaging railroad tracks near the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state just before a train carrying crude oil was due to pass through has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.

We asked six chefs and food experts to create a list of the most delicious and memorable plates in town.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Military facilities in North Carolina are partnering with local coastal communities on natural infrastructure projects to buffer coastlines from extreme weather damage.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Industrial settings and crowded highways are often associated with calls to reduce harmful carbon emissions, but what about a typical commercial building? In Minnesota, there is a legislative push to enhance standards for new construction. Various levels of government, utilities and even some corporations have made pledges to achieve net-zero emissions in the coming years. Some clean energy advocates say to get there, commercial buildings, such as skyscrapers and strip malls, ne...

Over the next five years, Aeronautical Systems Inc. plans to hire 30 new employees.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Military facilities in North Carolina are partnering with local coastal communities on natural infrastructure projects to buffer coastlines from extreme weather damage. Lexia Weaver, coastal scientist for the North Carolina Coastal Federation, said eroding estuaries and the increasing frequency of tropical storms have left coastal areas more vulnerable. ...

The funding benefits three military bases in North Carolina: Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and Fort Bragg.

A Marine from Waterloo has been honored after saving a child's life this summer, according to KCRG. Sergeant Kyle Ubbelohde is stationed at Marine Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. Back in June he was on his morning commute when he saw something fall from a wall into a full draina ...