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Dutch NAM queries steep rise in damage bill Apr 1, 2021 11:35:am Summary by: William Powell The operator of the Dutch Groningen gas field, NAM, has queried a sharp increase in the earthquake damage bill, it said March 31. It has asked the government to provide better substantiation for the costs charged, which have risen fr... Posted in:
CHEYENNE — Governor Mark Gordon sent the Wyoming Senate his list of nominees for numerous state offices, boards and commissions and that list includes seven Sweetwater County residents. These nominees are subject to confirmation by the Senate, according to the press release. Note that per state statute, the Investment Funds Committee nominees are appointed by a selection panel and not the Governor. In addition, the Department of Audit director nominee is named by a majority of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer. All other nominees are appointed solely by the Governor, the ...
Updated Feb. 6, 2021, at 8:40 a.m.: this story was updated to clarify that the Bell and Granisle mines have been polluting Babine Lake since they were operational. Decades after closing, an open-pit copper mine in northwest B.C. is still discharging wastewater with metal concentrations 250 times higher than what’s considered safe for salmon into Babine Lake, the sockeye salmon engine of the Skeena River watershed, according to a new report by SkeenaWild Conservation Trust and Lake Babine Nation. And the situation at the Granisle mine — one of two decommissioned min...
Increased Pandemic Automation Fuels Workforce Anxiety The COVID-19 health crisis has undoubtedly pushed companies toward automated processes and robotic systems. As the vaccine is rolled out, some worry workers may be permanently displaced as health restrictions loosen by Olivia Rockeman, James Attwood and Joe Deaux, Bloomberg News / December 17, 2020 Refraction AI in Ann Arbor has developed an autonomous delivery robot. The first generation Rev1 sits at a red light in Kerrytown while on a mission Wednesday, Jan. 15, 20...
Unions Worry Uptick in Automated Jobs Will Go Beyond Pandemic To maintain productivity and safety, some jobs are installing robot coworkers. Labor unions worry that the robots will continue to occupy jobs after the pandemic ends while others say they will free up workers for other positions. Olivia Rockeman, James Attwood and Joe Deaux, Bloomberg News | December 17, 2020 | Analysis (TNS) — For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every tim...