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Texas power plant broke down after ERCOT asked it to delay repairs

Climate change and other factors are shortening the window when aging Texas power plants can make repairs to run at full strength in hot summer months.
2018 Superior oil refinery explosion
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'This valve had been known to leak': Documents show Superior oil refinery knew about equipment issues years before 2018 explosion

Nearly 1,300 pages of documents from OSHA obtained by WPR shed new light on what refinery officials knew prior to the explosion that rocked Superior in 2018.
Bureau of Land Management

What does the Bureau of Land Management need? More money.

A lot more money — and its new, nonprofit foundation is here to help.
Great American Outdoors Act opposition
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Bishop warns conservation bill could rob eastern states of forest money

Bishop’s push faces long odds given the Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has already announced a late July vote on the legislation.
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