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Verlan Files Subro Suit Against Georgia Chemical Plant After $20M Payout on Fire

Verlan Files Subro Suit Against Georgia Chemical Plant After $20M Payout on Fire

About 5 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2024, an employee at the Bio-Lab chemical warehouse outside Atlanta heard a popping sound, a tell-tale sign that stored chemicals had come in contact with water and were reacting. Within 90 minutes, the huge warehouse was ablaze, setting off explosions and the release of a black, toxic cloud that

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Tyson Foods’ Decision to Close Nebraska Beef Plant Could Hurt Ranchers Nationwide

Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant that employs nearly one third of residents of Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide. Closing a single slaughterhouse might not seem significant, but the Lexington plant employs roughly 3,200 people in the city of 11,000 and has the capacity

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Explosion at Mississippi Chemical Plant Causes Ammonia Leak, Evacuations

Explosion at Mississippi Chemical Plant Causes Ammonia Leak, Evacuations

An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a post on the social platform X that emergency officials from across the state were responding to the anhydrous ammonia leak at CF Industries’

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Nebraska Town Increases Fines on Dairy Plant for Wastewater Violations

Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times a week. Some of the employees have worked at the restaurant for decades. It feels timeless, except

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Disputed Ballots Could Swing Union Vote Outcome at EV Battery Plant in Kentucky

Disputed Ballots Could Swing Union Vote Outcome at EV Battery Plant in Kentucky

An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky was in limbo due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome. The United Auto Workers claimed it secured a narrow victory at the BlueOval SK battery park after the two-day vote that ended Wednesday. Yet the

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