Questions over coverage plague rural broadband expansion
There is a way around the notoriously sluggish internet in West Virginia. You just need a car and some time.
Telecom
Apr 15, 2019
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5 things to know about the future U.S. demographics
Besides its decennial official count, the U.S. Census Bureau produces national population projections every few years, but these projections are not broken down by state.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2019
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EPA hits chemical maker for not notifying on new compounds
A chemical maker's North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds, the agency said this ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2019
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More data, more land reclamation success
More than 2.4 million miles of energy pipelines crisscross the United States. If assembled end-to-end, they would circle the Earth almost 100 times!
Environment
Feb 13, 2019
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Rare type of tick inexplicably turns up in Arkansas
A hardy, invasive species of tick that survived a New Jersey winter and subsequently traversed the mid-Atlantic has mysteriously arrived in Arkansas. No one is sure how the Longhorned tick, native to East Asia, arrived in ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2018
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Fracking tied to reduced songbird nesting success
The central Appalachian region is experiencing the country's most rapid growth in shale gas development, or "fracking," but we've known almost nothing about how this is affecting the region's songbird populations—until ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2018
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Appalachia underground natural gas storage clears first test
Plans for an underground natural gas liquids storage hub pegged as a major job creator for the chemical industry in struggling Appalachia have cleared their first big hurdle.
Environment
Jan 3, 2018
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Toyota investing $374 million at five existing US factories
Toyota Motor Corp. announced a $374 million investment Tuesday at five U.S. plants to support production of its first American-made hybrid powertrain.
Business
Sep 26, 2017
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Water filtration system in West Virginia among the elite
A raft of garbage covers a swath of the Monongahela River in northern West Virginia, a dozen miles upstream from the drinking water intake for 100,000 people.
Environment
Aug 7, 2017
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Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects
During the 2016 presidential election, broad support for Donald Trump came from most communities in Appalachia, where he received 63 percent of the vote. A great deal of national attention was directed to the people of this ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2017
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