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July 15, 2025

UT Austin Energy Institute Webinar: Clean Electricity Revolutionizing the Industrial Sector

The University of Texas at Austin’s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering Professor and Electrified Processes for Industrial eXCellence Institute CTO Michael Baldea will share how the institute’s research is working to revolutionize the U.S. industrial sector using clean electricity with cost-effective, high-impact solutions. 1 pm ET.

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"As Nitrate Levels Soar In Iowa, New Research Underscores Risks For Babies"

"New research out of Iowa adds to a wide body of evidence showing that when pregnant women are exposed to nitrates in drinking water, it raises the risks of problematic birth outcomes, including low birth weights and pre-term birth."

Source: The New Lede, 07/02/2025

"Employers to OSHA: Don’t Kill The Heat Rule. Weaken It."

"Seeking to secure weakened federal heat standards for workers, industry representatives this month asked the Trump administration to model federal heat rules after an untested Nevada standard."

Source: E&E News, 07/02/2025

Flint’s Still-Unfinished Lead Pipe Replacement Serves As Cautionary Tale

"Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another contractor."

Source: AP, 07/02/2025

Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating HazMat Transport Regs

"The waste and wastewater generated by fracking can be highly radioactive and toxic, especially in the Marcellus Shale, the formation beneath Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York that supplies fracking wells with gas."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/02/2025

Senate GOP Removes Tax On Solar And Wind But Dismantles Dem Climate Law

"The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects but quickly phases out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy."

Source: AP, 07/02/2025

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