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How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota Xcel Energy says natural gas must be part of the energy transition. Others say wind, solar and batteries can do the job. February 17, 2021 Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a new natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster Related Share this article In the national debate over the role of n...

Ag Briefs: Farm hires down in 2020 Wisconsin State Farmer WI Legislature to vote on $500 million tax cut The Wisconsin Legislature overwhelmingly approved a half-billion dollar tax cut for businesses that received loans to help them keep employees on the payroll during the pandemic, one of several measures related to the coronavirus that are slated for consideration. The bill cutting business taxes by $540 million by the middle of 2023 was up for a vote in both the Senate and Assembly. It will ...

US poultry plant workers complain of intimidation after fatal chemical leak Lewis Kendall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Meat plant workers who were injured and displaced after a fatal accident in the US last month are alleged to have been intimidated and offered limited medical care. A liquid nitrogen leak at a Foundation Food Group poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia, killed six people in January and hospitalised at least 11 others. A co...

Union election in Alabama: Which way forward for Amazon workers? The 5,800 workers at the BHM1 Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon vote on whether to accept representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Mail-in voting will start February 8 and end March 29 with the tally expected the next day. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejected a motion by Amazon to delay...

Outbreaks were common, answers are needed from owners, workers.

A select subcommittee is examining whether OSHA failed to act to protect meatpacking during the pandemic.

Meat-processing plants, where thousands of workers have fallen ill with COVID-19, are facing scrutiny from a U.S. House subcommittee for reportedly failing to follow worker safety laws.

Workers are shown leaving the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind., in May. A House subcommittee is investigating the Trump administrations handling of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, focusing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as major companies Tyson, Smithfield and JBS. A U.S. House subcommittee is investigating coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants, citing the deaths of more than 250 employees nationwide and accusing the Trump admin...

In a Major Move Away From Fossil Fuels, General Motors Aims to Stop Selling Gasoline Cars and SUVs by 2035 The corporation’s zero emission goal is based on technological advances that have lowered the cost of electric vehicles and policies requiring emissions cuts, analysts say. January 29, 2021 General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks on March 22, 2019 in Lake Orion, Michigan. The company announced on Thursday it aims to stop selling gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2035. Credit: Bil...

Inside Clean Energy: What Lauren Boebert Gets Wrong About Pueblo and Paris Pueblo, Colorado, is already a leader in the transition from fossil fuels. January 28, 2021 An employee walks in front of two smoke stacks at the Comanche Power Station on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images Related Share this article There is a trope among U.S. opponents of the Paris agreement that former President Trump helped to popularize in 2017 when he said, “I was el...