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Month: July 2024

Oregon DEQ issues air quality advisory for much of state, including Crook County, due to smoke from wildfires

Deschutes County residents can expect ‘intermittent smoke’ PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Monday for several areas around the state, including Crook County, due to smoke from wildfires. The areas include: Baker Grant Wheeler Crook Union  Southern Morrow Southern Umatilla Klamath Eastern Douglas Jackson Josephine Northern

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Durkee Fire tops 173,000 acres, closes long stretch of I-84 in E. Oregon; overnight closure planned for 3-5 nights

(Update: Eastbound closure extends west to La Grande freeway to shut overnight for 3-5 nights) BAKER CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — The nearly 174,000-acre Durkee Fire in Eastern Oregon prompted closure Monday evening of a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 84 between Baker City and Ontario, ODOT said. An even longer-distance closure, to Pendleton, is planned overnight

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Billion-dollar Mitsubishi chemical plant economically questionable, energy group says

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An energy group says a $1.3 billion chemical production facility to be built in Louisiana by Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Chemical Group is economically questionable and unnecessarily increases greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis was released Monday. The facility would produce methyl

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Kamala Harris Garners Broad Support for 2024 Democratic Nomination: Rivals Rally Behind Her

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     July 22, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Vice President Kamala Harris is making waves as she strides confidently toward the 2024 Democratic nomination. With a cascade of endorsements from potential rivals, influential lawmakers, governors, and powerful labor and advocacy groups, the stage is set

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DNC moves forward with process to determine presidential nominee by August 7 following Biden dropout

By MJ Lee, Ethan Cohen and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, shortly before Kamala Harris secured enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic nomination. The party’s decision to move forward

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Científicos descubren que se produce oxígeno “oscuro” a 4.000 metros de profundidad en el océano

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un fenómeno misterioso observado por primera vez en 2013 a bordo de un barco en una parte remota del océano Pacífico parecía tan absurdo que convenció al científico oceánico Andrew Sweetman de que su equipo de monitoreo estaba defectuoso. Las lecturas de los sensores parecían mostrar que se estaba

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