Matthew Brown

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

A fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., Sept. 9, 2010.

Feds to Require Valves on New Pipelines to Prevent Disasters

But safety advocates said the move would not have averted the accidents that prompted the new rule.

Endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, Gautier, Miss., Nov. 27, 2012.

Wildlife Officials Reverse Course on Pesticide

Chemical manufacturers vowed to change product labels so the highly toxic pesticide is used more carefully.

Cleanup work at the site where more than 300,000 gallons of diesel spilled outside New Orleans.

Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons of Diesel Near New Orleans

Thousands of fish, birds and other animals were killed.

Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill off the Southern California coast, Oct. 7, 2021.

Leaking Oil Pipe's Safeguards Not Fully Working

The report gives no new details on a possible anchor strike suspected to be the cause of the 25,000-gallon spill.

Workers in protective suits clean a contaminated beach in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct.6, 2021.

Coast Guard Says 1,200-Foot Ship Dragged Calif. Oil Pipeline

The impact would have knocked a concrete casing off the pipe and pulled it more than 100 feet.

A member of the Center for Biological Diversity, in polar bear costume, protests the Keystone XL pipeline during a visit by then-President Barack Obama to Los Angeles, May 7, 2014.

Fight Over Canadian Oil Rages on After Pipeline's Demise

As the Keystone XL fight escalated, Canadian crude exports to the U.S. steadily increased.

A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont., April 4, 2013.

Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Lawsuit Over Coal on Public Lands

Environmentalists want to shut down the program permanently.

Pumpjacks in a field near Lovington, N.M., April 24, 2015.

US Pauses Oil, Gas Lease Sales from Public Land

The Interior Department cancelled sales through June amid a review of how the program contributes to climate change.

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In Shift, Oil Industry Group Backs Federal Price on Carbon

Members of the American Petroleum Institute include ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil giants.

Oil well east of Casper, Wyo., Feb. 26, 2021.

As Climate Fight Shifts, Biden Faces a Formidable Foe

The U.S. oil and gas industry is much larger and more influential than the coal sector.

A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck with coal at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont., April 4, 2013.

Judge Orders Consideration of Coal Mine's Climate Costs

A federal judge says U.S officials downplayed the environmental costs of a massive Montana coal mine.