RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance […]
Bentley heralds the freshly updated Continental GT Speed as the most powerful car in the marque’s history (even more muscular than any race car before it), but big performance numbers are only part of the milestone this variant represents. It’s also the bridge between pure internal combustion and full electrification for a model who had […]
Raining in buckets. At least it seems like it much of this year. We’ve already seen five days this year with more than an inch of rain, and it’s not even the end of May. Heavy rain days are becoming more common over the past 30 years with Pittsburgh averaging nearly seven days a year […]
Downpours in the storms which battered Ireland and the UK last autumn and winter were made around 20 per cent heavier by climate change, scientists have said. A rapid attribution study has assessed the role of rising temperatures in the storms and heavy rain which led to at least 13 deaths and widespread damage across […]
Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found. Between 10% and 40% more rain fell in just one […]
Congress is contemplating increasing truck weights to 91,000 pounds from the current national standard of 80,000 pounds. As mayor of Kentwood and a professional engineer, I am deeply concerned about the surge in heavier trucks that would likely reduce the service life of the country’s already crumbling infrastructure if proposed legislation like H.R. 3372 passes. […]
SHEBOYGAN — Several eastern counties will be bracing for more snow as winter weather is expected to roll through part of the state Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning early April 2 for various areas in northeastern Wisconsin, including Manitowoc and Winnebago. This includes Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Oshkosh, Neenah and […]