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[ad_1] File Photo: Construction crews repair public facilities damaged by an earthquake in Ferndale in Humboldt County, California, the United States, on Dec. 21, 2022. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, causing two deaths and 11 injuries and leaving tens of thousands without power. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images An earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damages, officials said. The New Year's Day earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and struck about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell in Humboldt County just after 10:30 a.m. local time (1:35 p.m. ET) Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said damages to homes were reported in the City of Rio Dell, while at half of the city's residents were without power Sunday and around 30% without water. It said restoration efforts were und...

[ad_1] 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger Tungsten Ram DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to produce an industry-first electric pickup truck called the Ram 1500 Ramcharger that's equipped with an electric generator and a gas engine. If that sounds like an oxymoron, here's how it works: The truck can operate as a zero-emissions EV until its battery dies and an electric onboard generator — powered by a 27-gallon, 3.6-liter V6 engine — kicks on to power the vehicle. The outcome is a truck with the benefits of an EV, such as fast acceleration and some zero-emissions driving, without the range anxiety synonymous with most current electric vehicles, according to Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis. "This is the ultimate answer for the battery-electric truck. No one else has got anything else like it," Kuniskis told reporters during an event. "This is going to be a game changer for battery-electric trucks." The 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger is expected to go on sale in late 2024 alongsi...

[ad_1] CNBC's Jim Cramer called out General Electric as a winner in the industrial sector for the strides it's making in nuclear power. GE's Verona Nuclear Fuel business said Wednesday it received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to manufacture, ship, and analyze the performance of higher enrichment fuel. These "regulatory milestones" will help the company "innovate to help our customers run their plants even more efficiently and be ready to support the next generation of reactor technology," according to the press release . GE shares were trading about 2% higher on the news. GE YTD mountain GE stock performance year to date. "[General Electric] just keeps going higher," Cramer said Wednesday. While that's mainly due to demand for its aircraft engines, Cramer added that investors "love any way to be able to make nuclear fuel work." In November 2021, GE announced plans to split and form three publicly trade...

[ad_1] Akio Toyoda, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corp. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – Toyota Motor stock sealed its best week since 2009 on Friday, as the automaker laid out a robust plan for future all-electric vehicles and company scion Akio Toyoda became leader of the Japanese company's board. Shares of Toyota on the New York Stock Exchange closed Friday at $164.35 per share, down 2.3% for the day but still up 10.6% on the week. That 5-day gain is the stock's best week since April 2009 when shares increased 14.5%. Such a rally is not typical for the stock. It's only the third double-digit weekly gain in more than two decades for the relatively well-performing but mundane stock. Shares of the company are up 20% so far in 2023. The positive uptick this year comes as recent supply chain problems ease for the automotive industry, including Toyota, and after Toyoda, grandson of the company's founder, announced plans to transition from CEO to ...

[ad_1] People walk in Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York City on June 7, 2023.  Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Smoke from Canada wildfires is set to disrupt flights again Thursday after hundreds were delayed a day earlier due to decreased visibility, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA said it will "likely need to take steps to manage the flow of traffic safely into New York City, DC, Philadelphia and Charlotte due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke." Traffic to Philadelphia International Airport was paused until 9:15 a.m., the FAA said. Hundreds of flights at LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed on Wednesday due to the heavy smoke. The FAA had briefly paused traffic altogether into LaGuardia during the day. As of about 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, there were nearly 800 flights delayed across the U.S., according to flight-tracker FlightAware . This story is developing...

[ad_1] New Delhi:  Tech billionaire Elon Musk has praised teenage-environmentalist Great Thunberg. He called her cool and was astounding for the sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by her in a few years. Musk was replying on a post sharing the news story about the New Greta Thunberg thermostat that scowls at you when you turn the heat up. ALSO READ | ' One AI Killer app will emerge...': Nothing founder makes predictions for 2023 “The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh,” he replied on the Babylon bee tweet. The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2022 Teenage environmentalist Greta Thunberg was in headlines due to her row with online influencer Andrew Tata. The latter had sent him a video bragging about his 30 cars-collection and challenged her to do something. ...

[ad_1] Next phase of Israeli campaign could be 'something different' from ground incursion: IDF The Israel Defense Forces is advancing its campaign to eliminate the military abilities of Palestinian militant group Hamas, a spokesperson said, but the next step may not be a long-anticipated ground incursion. "We are preparing for the next stages of war. We haven't said what they will be. Everybody's talking about the ground offensive. It might be something different," the IDF's Lt Colonel Richard Hecht told reporters, according to Reuters. Expectations have mounted that Israel will launch a ground offensive into the besieged Gaza Strip, which it has sealed off from its electricity, fuel, food and water supplies. Israeli troops have amassed at the border, with the IDF on Friday last week instructing the residents of Gaza City to evacuate south of the Wadi Gaza wetlands. But there has been no ground offensive as yet amid widespread warnings from human rig...

[ad_1] General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, March 2, 2023. Alan Freed | Reuters Soon after the  derailment of a Norfolk Southern  train in East Palestine, Ohio, a team of researchers began roving the small town in a Nissan van. It was February, less than three weeks after the disaster, and the van was outfitted with an instrument called a mass spectrometer, which can measure hundreds to thousands of compounds in the air every second. The team was searching for harmful levels of air pollution. At the time, a primary concern was a flammable substance called vinyl chloride, because Norfolk Southern intentionally burned off the chemical in an attempt to avoid the chance of an explosion. Some environmental health experts thought the chemical may have contributed to the  rashes, vomiting, bloody noses and bronchitis  some residents reported. But a  new study  from the team behind the research van — a group of scientist...

[ad_1] Seoul  — An amusement park outside South Korea's capital has welcomed a couple of very rare new residents. Aibao, an adult female panda, gave birth on July 7 to twins, the EVERLAND park told CBS News. A female baby was born at 4:52 a.m., and her sister followed at 6:39 a.m. The twins weighed in at about five and six ounces respectively, an EVERLAND park official told CBS News on Wednesday, adding that "both their mother and the twin pandas are in good health." Mother giant panda Aibao cares for her newborn female twins, not long after they were born on July 7, 2023, at the EVERLAND amusement park near Seoul, South Korea.  Courtesy of EVERLAND There's a 40-50% chance of pandas giving birth to twins. In recent years, twin pandas have been born in France and Japan and, in 2014, the world's first triplets w...

[ad_1] In this aerial image, damage is seen to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier, on July 21, 2023 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images Pfize r on Friday said there does not appear to be major damage to the drug manufacturing areas of its plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina , after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier.  The plant supplies nearly 8% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, including anesthesia, analgesia, therapeutics, anti-infectives and neuromuscular blockers. Pfizer added that the facility manufactures about 25% of the company's sterile injectables.  related investing news An initial assessment found that the tornado primarily damaged a warehouse facility, which stored raw materials, packaging supplies and finished medicines waiting to receive quality assurance, according to Pfizer.  The drugmaker did not say whether it expected that damage to lead to new drug...

[ad_1] General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, March 2, 2023. Alan Freed | Reuters Soon after the  derailment of a Norfolk Southern  train in East Palestine, Ohio, a team of researchers began roving the small town in a Nissan van. It was February, less than three weeks after the disaster, and the van was outfitted with an instrument called a mass spectrometer, which can measure hundreds to thousands of compounds in the air every second. The team was searching for harmful levels of air pollution. At the time, a primary concern was a flammable substance called vinyl chloride, because Norfolk Southern intentionally burned off the chemical in an attempt to avoid the chance of an explosion. Some environmental health experts thought the chemical may have contributed to the  rashes, vomiting, bloody noses and bronchitis  some residents reported. But a  new study  from the team behind the research van — a group of scientist...

[ad_1] Published By : Nibandh Vinod Last Updated: July 11, 2023, 21:16 IST Paper Over Plastic: Let’s Make A Change On Paper Bag Day 2023! (Image: Shutterstock) Let's rock the catwalks of sustainability, strutting our stuff with confidence, knowing that every paper bag we use is a step towards a greener future. Here's all you need to know about Paper Bag Day! PAPER BAG DAY 2023:  Get ready to join the global eco-party on July 12th the world celebrates Paper Bag Day! It’s time to unleash your inner environmental warrior and make a bold statement against plastic pollution. Imagine a world where paper bags rule the shopping aisles, bringing style and sustainability hand in hand. Wave goodbye to those flimsy plastic carriers that have haunted our oceans and landfills for far too long. Embrace the charm of paper bags, with their rustic appeal and eco-friendly vibe. Let’s rock the catwalks of sustainability, strutting our stuff with confidence, knowing that every paper bag we us...

[ad_1] As you tend to your garden this summer, there's a creepy, crawly creature to be on the lookout for: an invasive worm that moves like a snake, thrashes around, jumps into the air and will even shed its tail in an attempt to escape.  While worms are generally considered to be an excellent addition to help soil and gardening, there are thousands of species — not all of them equally welcome. Invasive jumping worms are one species known to actually worsen soil and make it "inhospitable" to many plants. They have been spotted in recent years, and most recently, may have even been seen in Wisconsin.  Here's what to know about the invasive species.  What are invasive jumping worms?  Invasive jumping worms, Amynthas agrestis , go by many names, according to the USDA: Alabama jumpers, Jersey wriggles, wood eel, crazy worms, snake worms and crazy snake worms. But all those names stem from one notable feature of the critter...

[ad_1] Aigen founders: Rich Wurden (CTO) and Kenny Lee (CEO) Courtesy: Aigen The Aigen Element looks like a drafting table on rugged tires. It drives itself continuously at around two miles per hour over farmland, using an advanced computer vision system to identify crops and unwanted botanical invaders. With two-axis robotic arms positioned close the ground, the Element can flick weeds out of the way where they'll dry out before they can grow seeds and spread. The robots, which are used in a fleet and sized to meet the needs of a particular growing operation, work continuously for 12 to 14 hours at a time and never need to be plugged in. They are equipped with a lithium iron phosphate battery pack, as well as flexible solar panels which are lighter than the kind typically used on rooftops. They can even run in the dark for about four hours, or six hours in light to moderate rain — all without the emissions associated with diesel-powered farm equipment. The company behind the ...