56 Cities, Counties, And States Will Raise Minimum Wage Rates On January 1—Many Reaching Or Exceeding $15—With Another 26 Jurisdictions To Lift Pay Later In 2022. NOTE: The 2022 rise in wages is getting a lot of attention. It is true that a lot of work and organizing went into winning this victory. However, Richard Wolff makes an important point – with inflation, most workers who receive a raise are still no better off than they were ten years ago. The “Fight for 15” struggle is 10 yrs old in 2022. Over last 10 yrs, US prices rose over 20%. $15 […]
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Harth 55, accompanied by three fast attack craft (FAC)/fast inshore attack craft (FIAC), approached U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) and USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326) on 2 April while the U.S. vessels were conducting routine maritime security patrols in the international waters of the southern Arabian Gulf. Service also shared footage showing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Harth 55 conducted an unsafe and unprofessional action by crossing the bow of the Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326) forcing the […]
Airbus Helicopters, the world’s largest commercial helicopter maker, on Tuesday announced that Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising two AS332s and 15 H225s. According to a company news release, the largest Super Puma operator in Japan received its tenth H225 in February this year. The new helicopters will join its growing fleet to support territorial coastal activities, security enforcement, as well as disaster relief missions in the country. “From the first Super Puma delivery nearly 30 years ago to the latest H225 orders, we […]
America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered National Security Cutter Stone (WMSL 758) to the U.S. Coast Guard. WMSL 758, the Stone, is the Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC). According to a company news release, documents signed Monday mark the official transfer of custody of the ship from HII to the Coast Guard. Stone is scheduled to sail away from the shipyard at the end of this year to its homeport in Charleston, South Carolina. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “We could not be prouder to […]
19 Oct, 2020 21:25 Follow RT on A strong 7.5 magnitude quake has struck south of Alaska, according to the US Geological Survey, prompting a tsunami alert in the area. The quake was registered some 55 miles (90km) south of Sand Point, Alaska on Monday, at a depth of nearly 25 miles (40km). The National Weather Service announced a tsunami warning for residents in South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula soon after the jolt, but said the risk level is still being evaluated for “other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America.” Just In: A M7.4 quake offshore of Alaska has prompted a […]
Earlier this month, Washington said that Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia remains “a major obstacle” in US-Turkish relations. The US has repeatedly claimed that the S-400 air defence systems are incompatible with NATO security standards, allegations that Turkey rejects. Turkey has issued the so-called NOTAM air space notice to restrict an area near its Black Sea coastal city of Sinop ahead of possible tests of the Russian-made S-400 missile system. The NOTAM followed a NAVTEX maritime notice by Turkey restricting airspace off its Black Sea coast to allow S-400 tests, which NAVTEX said were due to be held between Friday and […]
Delta is the 10th named storm to make a US landfall this year, eclipsing a record that has held since 1916. It is projected to downgrade to a tropical storm as it moves northeast through Louisiana before weakening further to a tropical depression later that day as it moves through northern Mississippi and into Tennessee. Nearly 92% of all Gulf of Mexico oil production remains shut in as Hurricane Delta moves toward the Louisiana coast, according to the most recent federal statistics. Crude oil production currently shut-in amounts to 1.69 million barrels per day, along with natural gas production of 1.68 […]
Nearly a half-million residents in Texas and Louisiana have been left without power after Hurricane Delta made landfall along the US gulf coast, battering cities with winds up to 80 miles per hour. Delta hit land in southwest Louisiana on Friday night, inflicting widespread damage and knocking out electricity for some 379,636 people in the state and another 108,402 in neighboring Texas, according to PowerOutage.us, a project that aggregates data from utility companies around the country. Footage circulating on social media showed powerful gusts sweeping through the streets of multiple Louisiana cities, including Jennings and Lake Charles, where power lines were […]
Hurricane Delta is looming over the northern Gulf of Mexico Friday, as it heads toward landfall on Louisiana’s coast. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Delta is looming over the northern Gulf of Mexico Friday, as it heads toward landfall on Louisiana’s coast. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Delta will bring a “life-threatening storm surge, destructive winds, and significant flooding” to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service says. The storm has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds of 120 mph. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall Friday evening — the National Weather Service office […]
Hurricane Delta will strengthen as it heads toward the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm is expected to make landfall on Friday. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Hurricane Delta will strengthen as it heads toward the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm is expected to make landfall on Friday. National Weather Service A large part of Louisiana’s coast is under a hurricane warning, as Hurricane Delta heads toward an expected landfall Friday afternoon. The storm has 100 mph winds, but it’s expected to strengthen into a major hurricane – and […]
Hurricane Delta was crossing west of Cancun on Wednesday, bringing intense winds and a dangerous storm surge to the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s expected to approach the Gulf Coast on Friday. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Hurricane Delta was crossing west of Cancun on Wednesday, bringing intense winds and a dangerous storm surge to the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s expected to approach the Gulf Coast on Friday. National Weather Service Hurricane Delta made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 2 storm around 6:30 a.m. ET, bringing winds estimated at 110 mph and the National Hurricane Center […]
Senior commanders of the US military have been told to self-isolate and work from home, according to reports, after Admiral Charles Ray of the Coast Guard tested positive for the coronavirus. The rest of the Joint Chiefs have reportedly tested negative so far. Ray, who is vice commandant of the Coast Guard, began feeling ill Friday and tested positive on Monday. The other Joint Chiefs tested negative on Tuesday, but were told to self-isolate and work from home for the next several days. Those in self-quarantine reportedly include Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, General Charles Brown of the Air […]
Tropical Storm Delta will likely become Hurricane Delta as it passes from the Caribbean and heads toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Tropical Storm Delta will likely become Hurricane Delta as it passes from the Caribbean and heads toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say. National Weather Service Tropical Storm Delta, which formed in the Caribbean Sea Monday morning, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before reaching the northern Gulf Coast on Friday, the National Hurricane Center says. Delta continues 2020’s […]
When I loaded up a mustard-colored Kia Seltos in June with a cooler, a suitcase, a kayak, and a mountain bike and struck out of Portland for the rust-colored rockscapes of Utah, it felt a little reckless. Oregon had begun to get a weak grip on the coronavirus, but too many of the reddest Utahns were proudly rebuffing epidemiologists’ urgent pleas to stay 6 feet away from one another and wear masks. Moab, a city of 5,000-ish people that draws 3 million visitors annually to its uncanny collection of rock arches and flowy trail systems, was actively discouraging anyone from coming […]
Tropical Storm Beta is expected to hug the coastline as it pours rain on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Tropical Storm Beta is expected to hug the coastline as it pours rain on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Tropical Storm Beta’s heavy rainfall and slow movement is raising the risk of flooding “from the middle Texas coast to southeast Louisiana,” the National Weather Service said. Beta is heading for a part of Louisiana where electricity service for thousands of people hasn’t recovered from being knocked out by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080482448_0:0:2049:1153_1200x675_80_0_0_00ce5f7f02e4fa97a9f5e42333b11e43.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009171080482478-watch-hurricane-sally-bring-catastrophic-flooding-to-alabama-coast/ According to Mayor Tony Kennon of Orange Beach, Alabama, quoted by media, one person has been found dead and another one missing as Category 2 hurricane Sally brings devastation near the Florida-Alabama border. On Wednesday, the hurricane made landfall near Gulf Shores, uprooting trees, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the area, and bringing what the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) calls “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding. First, the NHC graded the weather event, given its maximum wind speeds of 169 kilometres per hour (105 miles per hour), as a Category 2 hurricane, […]
Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala., just west of the Florida border, around 5:45 a.m. ET Wednesday. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala., just west of the Florida border, around 5:45 a.m. ET Wednesday. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Sally is bringing 105 mph winds and the threat of historic flooding to southeastern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle, after making landfall as a Category 2 storm Wednesday morning. Some isolated areas in its path could see nearly 3 feet of rain. “This will be a long duration event,” the National […]
“Historic flooding is possible with extreme life-threatening flash flooding likely through Wednesday,” the National Hurricane Center says, as Hurricane Sally slowly moves toward landfall. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service “Historic flooding is possible with extreme life-threatening flash flooding likely through Wednesday,” the National Hurricane Center says, as Hurricane Sally slowly moves toward landfall. National Weather Service Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET Hurricane Sally weakened a bit over night, but the storm brings a perilous threat of floods to areas along the northern Gulf Coast, forecasters say. The hurricane is crawling along at just 2 mph, giving […]
Hurricane Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, possibly in the area east of Gulfport, Miss. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Hurricane Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, possibly in the area east of Gulfport, Miss. National Weather Service Updated at 10:27 p.m. ET Hurricane Sally will likely make landfall on Tuesday or Tuesday night with sustained winds of at least 110 mph, making it a strong and dangerous Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Some coastal areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and […]
As of Sunday afternoon, there were only about 20 buildings still standing in the city of Detroit, Oregon. The wildfires raging along the West Coast hit the small, rural enclave three hours outside of Portland over the weekend, burning a majority of the community’s structures—including City Hall, where the fire department’s office is based. Locals have suggested the destruction was as if “a bomb went off.” “We have approximately 20-25 structures still standing, and the rest are gone,” the Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District said on their Facebook page, noting that several firefighters currently on the frontlines of these massive blazes […]
A firefighter sprays water on a controlled burn while fighting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Sunday. Millions of acres have burned in California and neighboring states this year. Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images A firefighter sprays water on a controlled burn while fighting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Sunday. Millions of acres have burned in California and neighboring states this year. Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images Wildfires have now burned more than 4.6 million acres in 87 large fires across 10 states, according to the National […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080419265_0:54:3001:1742_1200x675_80_0_0_6bc0b9117d2ac1831a446ae3cf571d50.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009111080426550-twenty-three-people-killed-in-massive-wildfires-in-us-west-coast-reports-say/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Massive wildfires spreading through the western part of the US have destroyed millions of acres of land and claimed at least 23 lives, USA Today reported. At least 102 major blazes have ravaged 4.4 million acres across twelve western states of the country. According to the USA today, 19 deaths were registered in California, three in Oregon and one in Washington. Dozens of people are missing and thousands are being evacuated, it added. Oregon authorities said that over half a million of state residents, equivalent to the 10 percent of the […]
The 174-metre Karlsruhe was part of the Nazi German force that invaded Norway in April 1940, but was hit by a British submarine torpedo shortly into its return voyage from the Norwegian port of Kristiansand. The wreckage of the Karlsruhe, the last major remaining Nazi German warship that took part in the 1940 invasion of Norway, has been found 80 years after it sunk 13 nautical miles from the coast of Kristiansand. The cruiser Karlsruhe was detected barely 15 metres from a sub-sea power cable that has been operating since 1977. Norwegian power grid operator Statnett said that its cable, which […]
Hurricane Laura struck the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, leaving a path of devastation in its wake as it moved inland after making landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the coastal town of Cameron. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated in its latest update that Laura was situated near Arcadia, Louisiana, and was moving northward at a pace of 15 mph. Although Laura did initially make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the storm quickly weakened and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm after moving inland. At present, Laura has maximum sustained wind speeds of 65 mph, with tropical […]
US Coast Guard patrols of the Arctic Ocean have been temporarily suspended following an electrical fire that broke out on the medium icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), the service’s largest vessel. The Coast Guard announced on Tuesday that a research mission in the Arctic has been cut short after the Healy suffered an electrical fire on August 18 that disabled the vessel’s starboard propulsion motor and shaft. It is now returning to its home port in Seattle, Washington, for repairs and inspection. “The Healy was 60 nautical miles off of Seward, Alaska, en route to the Arctic when an electrical fire was […]
Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning, as the storm’s center crossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning, as the storm’s center crossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a major hurricane, with winds of around 115 mph and a storm surge up to 11 feet, when it strikes near the Louisiana-Texas […]
As two major storms are forecast to bring inches of rainfall and dangerous storm surges to the US Gulf Coast, thousands of residents have started making preparations ahead of what many weather experts are referring to as a “one-two punch” from Mother Nature. According to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) most recent updates, the twin hurricane threat to the US South was downgraded somewhat early on Monday, as Hurricane Marco weakened back to a tropical storm. However, the same cannot be said for Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. In […]
Heavy rain has battered the northeastern Turkish province of Giresun and caused a flash flood overnight. The disaster has claimed at least four lives while almost a dozen people remain missing. One security officer and three civilians have been confirmed killed, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Sunday morning update. Eleven people were reported missing. The flood hit the mountainous coastal province early on Sunday morning after a downpour in the central part of Giresun. Water levels rapidly roze by at least one meter, flooding some areas and causing landslides. Başta Dereli olmak üzere selden etkilenen tüm vatandaşlarımıza geçmiş […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/13/1080210441_4:0:3644:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_3d99cdca85bb0dfd3a443c3fb4e0a095.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202008191080210473-mexico-closes-ports-on-pacific-coast-over-hurricane-genevieve/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Mexico has closed several ports located on the Pacific coast over the approaching Hurricane Genevieve, the National Coordination of Civil Protection said on Tuesday. Earlier, Genevieve has been designated as a category four hurricane. “[The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy] reports the closure of ports in PacificoMexicano [the Pacific coast of Mexico] for the passage of Genevieve”, the coordination said on Twitter. Among the closed ports are Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Zihuatanejo y Puerto Marques, and Puerto Angel for small vessels, and Manzanillo for large ones. A category four hurricane is considered […]
An aerial picture taken on Sunday shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP via Getty Images An aerial picture taken on Sunday shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. AFP via Getty Images A Japanese cargo ship that ran aground in late July off the coast of Mauritius has broken in two. Most of the 4,000 tons of fuel oil and diesel on the […]
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Win Was A Hard-Earned Victory By Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International. July 16, 2020 Atlantic Coast Pipeline Win Was A Hard-Earned Victory2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/03/atlantic-coast-pipeline-protest-peoples-hearing-next-door-to-fake-hearing-february-2017-e1554047147736.jpg200px200px Beware industry and government’s revisionist history. Sunday’s announcement of the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was remarkable for so many reasons. Not least that the two companies, Dominion and Duke, are the most powerful corporate entities in their respective states (Virginia and North Carolina). For these two corporate giants to back down is a rare and beautiful thing to behold. This victory comes as an enormous relief to people all along the more than 600 miles […]
A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the region of eastern Papua New Guinea at the depth of some 85.5 km, the US Geological Survey reported. A tsunami warning was issued in the wake of the shake. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center put out an alert for “hazardous waves” for coastal area within 300 km of epicenter of the quake, which took place around 8 pm Pacific Time. Breaking: Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea. Authorities say hazardous tsunami waves are possible on the eastern coast of the island. pic.twitter.com/Dugvf1YO4Y — PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 17, 2020 The National Weather Service […]
The Far-Reaching Consequences of Siberia’s Climate-Change-Driven Wildfires by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com Higher temperatures and drier surface conditions are providing ideal conditions for these fires to burn and to persist for so long over such a large area,” European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts fire specialist Mark Parrington says in a statement, per the New York Times. The smoke from the fires alone spans over 1,000 miles, per the Post, and is causing hazy skies the northwestern United States, as Nick Morgan reports for the Mail Tribune. Permafrost is rich in organic material that froze before it could completely decompose. Melting permafrost releases greenhouse gases […]
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled Following Years Of Protests By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch. July 7, 2020 Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled Following Years Of Protests2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/03/atlantic-coast-pipeline-protest-peoples-hearing-next-door-to-fake-hearing-february-2017-e1554047147736.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest by FrackFreeNC.org against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Note: Years of work by thousands of front line activists and their allies have resulted in a major victory — stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Activists used a wide range of tools including blocking the pipeline from being built, rallies, protests, lobbying in Washington, DC, and litigation. Activists even made a great film about the damage the pipeline was going to cause. They educated the public, built consensus against […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105443/93/1054439344_0:144:3500:2113_1200x675_80_0_0_5b3460c30d56ca04dcb2f3be07debd30.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007061079813102-us-to-export-lng-from-west-coast-terminal-for-first-time/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Trump administration has greenlighted the first export of liquefied natural gas from the US West Coast, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said in a statement on Monday. “Today’s export authorization for Jordan Cove, the first US West Coast LNG project, will ease access to further position the US as a top supplier of LNG around the world”, Brouillette said. Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P., owned by Canada’s Pembina Pipeline Corporation, will have the authority to export up to 1.08 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas as LNG, under the […]
Two energy companies behind the controversial 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline slated to run from West Virginia to North Carolina, said they are scrapping the project after it has been on hold for years due to legal challenges. In a joint statement on Sunday, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they pull the plug on the project, which was first announced in 2014 and has faced fierce opposition from landowners and environmental activists, arguing that the 600-mile (970km) pipeline would cause irreparable damage to the land and wildlife. The developers, who argued that the pipeline is a better option environment-wise, since […]
The construction of an Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), to deliver fracked natural gas 600 miles from West Virginia, through Virginia to a North Carolina port, has faced heavy opposition by environmental activist groups since it’s 2014 announcement. Activists also opposed a pipeline tunneling below the famed Appalachian Trail. Two US companies attempting to carry out the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, announced on Sunday that they would abandon the pipeline due to “ongoing delays” brought by legal battles and “increasing cost uncertainty” that “threaten the economic viability of the project”. The two companies cited a recent Montana […]
5 Jul, 2020 19:17 Follow RT on Tehran has built multiple “missile cities,” both ashore and offshore, along its southern coast, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy chief has revealed, calling the facilities a “nightmare” for the country’s enemies. The network includes underground bunkers, as well as offshore floating platforms, Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri told Sobh-e Sadeq weekly, in an interview published on Sunday. “Iran has established underground onshore and offshore missile cities all along the coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, which would be a nightmare for Iran’s enemies,” Tangsiri stated. Also on rt.com Iran to upgrade […]
CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, ITALY—When Italian customs police discovered a modest cache of amphetamines with the logo “Captagon” in a container of counterfeit shirts in the southern port of Salerno a few months ago, they knew they were on to something big. Captagon-branded fenethylline (a variant of amphetamine) is a favorite drug among addicts in the Middle East and was found in the hideout of the terrorists who attacked the Bataclan theater in Paris in 2015. It is known to be widely used by ISIS fighters in Libya, and most importantly, trafficking the drug has become a key source of revenue for […]
S&P Global Platts and Argus Media will launch new benchmarks for pricing US crude oil that is being exported to replace the West Texas Intermediate benchmark. WTI serves as a basis, but it is, in fact, linked to oil delivered to the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub. Reuters reports that oil shipments from the US Gulf Coast are only quoted as a premium or discount to West Texas Intermediate, based on crudes produced in Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota. Yet Cushing has declined in importance thanks to the shale oil boom, which has made the United States an exporter of crude once again. “Traders will now […]
A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is arriving along the U.S. Gulf Coast this week after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year – but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, experts said. The dust cloud is “quite large” this year, said Marshall Shepherd, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, in an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered. “I think that’s why it’s garnering so much attention.” That attention has included some experts who are calling it the “Godzilla dust cloud” due to its unusual size. There are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/41/1079714155_0:176:3009:1868_1200x675_80_0_0_7fafb79cb30fb29cdbad6dcbcfb4dd73.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006251079714185-five-south-korean-citizens-one-ghanaian-kidnapped-off-beninese-coast/ SEOUL (Sputnik) – Five South Korean citizens and a citizen of Ghana have been kidnapped from a fishing vessel off the Beninese coast, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. According to the ministry, unknown gunmen attacked the Ghanaian-flagged Panofi Frontier ship at about 15:40 GMT on Wednesday, some 111 kilometres (about 69 miles) south of the Beninese coast. Six out of 30 people, who were on board of the ship, have been kidnapped. “It is currently unknown, who attacked the ship and where they are. On Thursday, the Foreign […]
Only a handful of days after successfully returning domestic crew launch capabilities to U.S. soil for the first time since July of 2011, SpaceX is continuing to steam ahead with its 2020 launch campaign as they prepare to loft another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet constellation. The eighth flight of Starlink satellites is currently scheduled to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 9:25 pm Eastern time on Wednesday (01:25 UTC on Thursday). (Lead Photo by Brady Kenniston for NSF) This mission, also known as Starlink v1.0 L7, will mark […]
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named system of the season, developed off the Florida coast on Saturday and is continuing up the East Coast toward the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for parts of North Carolina on Sunday, including the Outer Banks. Heavy rains and storm force winds are predicted for the region Monday, with forecasters expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain Sunday night and Monday. The system isn’t predicted to make landfall there, forecasters say. “On the forecast track, Arthur will remain well offshore the east coast of Florida, Georgia, and South […]
The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch following the formation of a storm system ahead of the start of hurricane season. Tropical Depression #One Advisory 1: Tropical Depression Forms Off the Coast of East-Central Florida. Tropical Storm Watch Issued For a Portion of the North Carolina Coast. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) May 16, 2020 A low-pressure storm system called Tropical Depression One has formed off of the Florida coast, carrying the potential to bring heavy rains and storm force winds to parts of the North Carolina coast on Monday — two weeks ahead of the start […]