Please Stop Telling Me America Is Great
Politicians love to say it’s the greatest, but the numbers (and reality) don’t back them up.
Last 2 Towers of Genoa Bridge That Collapsed, Killing 43, Are Demolished
The government has pledged to rebuild the structure in a year. Area residents and business owners are eager for the construction to be completed.
Let Your Fourth of July Celebration End with Fireworks, Not Food Poisoning
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging everyone to be food safe as they cook out this Fourth of July by to keep the celebration free from illness-causing bacteria.
San Giuseppe Salami Co. by Giacomo Recalls Ready-To-Eat, Frozen Andouille Sausage Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
San Giuseppe Salami Co. by Giacomo, an Elon, N.C., establishment, is recalling approximately 832 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE), frozen andouille sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal.
Early Release of 2018 Power Plant Operations Report Data
(Mon, 24 Jun 2019) This web page contains spreadsheets with early release 2018 data on electricity generation, fuel consumption, fossil fuel stocks, fuel receipts, and environmental operations data from the 2018 Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report.
EIA derives new estimate of New England nuclear plant utilization
(Mon, 24 Jun 2019) EIA adjusted its New England nuclear regional utilization rate on June 13, 2019, to account for the permanent closure of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) on May 31, 2019. New England has two remaining operating nuclear power plantsâthe Seabrook Station nuclear power plant in New Hampshire (summer-rated plant capacity of 1,251.4 megawatts) and the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Connecticut (summer-rated plant capacity of 2,073.1 megawatts).
C&S Wholesale Grocers Recalls Meat and Poultry Products due to Possible Temperature Abuse During Transport at Two Stores in New York
C&S Wholesale Grocers, located in Westfield, Mass. is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat and not-ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to temperature abuse during transport, which may have resulted in the growth of spoilage organisms or pathogens.
Ruiz Foods Products Inc. Recalls Bacon Breakfast Wrap Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Ruiz Foods Products Inc., a Denison, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 246,514 pounds of frozen, not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breakfast wrap products containing bacon that may be contaminated with extraneous materials.
Table 87 Frozen, LLC Recalls Pork and Beef Pizza Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection
Table 87 Frozen, LLC., a Brooklyn, N.Y. firm, is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen pizza products containing pork and beef that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection.
Entergy Corporation closes the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts
(Thu, 13 Jun 2019) On May 31, 2019, Entergy Nuclear Generation Company (Entergy), a business unit of Entergy Corporation, permanently closed its 679 (summer-weighted) megawatt (MW) Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) located along the shores of Cape Cod Bay. In October 2015, Entergy announced that Pilgrim was retiring because of the relative cost of operating the plant compared with the level of wholesale power prices in New England. Pilgrim started commercial operations in 1972, and it was the tenth-oldest nuclear plant in the United States at the time of its closing.