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US Air Force Suspends SpaceX Cargo Rocket Project In Pacific Over Ecological Concerns
Saturday, July 5, 2025 - 1:52am | 410The US Air Force has decided to halt a project with SpaceX, the aerospace company led by Elon Musk. The project, which involved testing hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, has been suspended due to environmental concerns. What Happened: The US Air Force has put a stop to...
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What A Green New Deal Could Mean For Freight
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 1:00pm | 961President Donald Trump paid little attention to infrastructure in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, but what he did say may have gotten the attention of Democrats in Congress who support a Green New Deal: "I know that Congress is eager to pass an infrastructure bill, and I am...
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New ETF For Environmentalists
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 1:36pm | 343A new ETF was recently launched for the environmentally-conscious investors. The SPDR MSCI ASWI Low Carbon Target ETF (NYSE: LOWC) tracks companies with low carbon emissions relative to their overall sales and market capitalization. The ETF intends to address two dimensions of carbon exposure:...
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Shell Halts Arctic Oil Exploration
Saturday, February 1, 2014 - 5:24pm | 550Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) says it is stopping its oil exploration efforts in the Arctic waters off the Alaskan coast for the year. The announcement came as Shell announced a steep drop in its its fourth-quarter 2013 earnings The company's new CEO, Ben van Beurden, cited several factors,...
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Studies Show Americans Are Driving Less and the Reasons Vary
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 1:22pm | 553A new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute concluded that Americans are driving less. According to The Car Connection, the University of Michigan study backs up a similar study conducted by the U.S. Public Research Group in May. Michael Sivak, author of the...