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United States Of America - U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M. Granholm issued a statement following the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan confirmation of David Crane to serve as Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy. The bipartisan had a vote of 56 to 43. Granholm has stated, “David Crane has…shap the ideas and ambition…

United States of America - In the United States, the Mississippi River serves as a key freight transportation route. More than half of the 165.5 million tons that were transported in 2020 between the 12 states bordering the Upper Mississippi System and Louisiana were transported by the river. The percentage of freight transported by the river to…

Denver, Colorado - Geo Week is the intersection of geospatial + the built world. The event brings together AEC Next Expo & Conference, SPAR 3D Expo & Conference and the International Lidar Mapping Forum into a single powerhouse event. Co-located partner events include USIBD, ASPRS, MAPPS Annual Meeting. Industries covered include…

Golden, Colorado - NASA sand others are on the move, and their moving fast. Founded just a few years ago Lunar Outpost is on its way to excavate the moon. Bechtel and NASA are pushing the advancement and it is a go with awards in the millions. Who & What Colorado School of Mines' Lunar Outpost is creating technologies for autonomous lunar…

Westborough, MA & Hopkinsville, KY - Ascend Elements has announced plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1 and up to $1 billion over multiple phases to construct a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with groundbreaking anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2022. The first-of-its-kind manufacturing…

Washington, D.C. - Supply Chain problems that have plagued the United States the past two years have been gaining strong support and action toward new investment in not only Port & Infrastructure but that of the new Trucking Action Plan and "FLOW", Freight Logistics Optimization Works. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg currently serves…

United States Of America - GDP (real gross domestic product) fell at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2022 following a climbed by 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter GDP. credit: www.bea.gov The GDP estimate issued today is based on incomplete or subject to further adjustment by the source agency source data and on May 26,…

Paris, France - President Macron won his second term cementing another 5 years as France's leader.  After the latest final vote counts were completed it revealed a larger than anticipated lead over his opponent. The win comes as a breathe of fresh air to Europe and World counterparts as it signals a strong unity amongst parties and in turn the most…

Richmond, Virginia - Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced that Kingspan Insulation LLC, a division of the Kingspan Group, a global leader in advanced insulation and innovative building solutions, will invest $27 million in expanding its operation at 200 Kingspan Way in Frederick County. Kingspan Insulation LLC creates energy-saving and…

Taipei, Taiwan - Republican Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Rob Portman of Ohio, Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, and Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez arrived in Taipei Thursday. The trip, otherwise unannounced, comes as a bipartisan reaction to continue a…

United States Of America - In March 2022, new light-vehicle sales in the United States fell to 13.3 million units on a seasonally adjusted basis, down from 14.1 million units the previous month and 17.6 million units in March 2021. "Sales fell throughout Q1 2022 as production, which was already constrained by scarce microchips, was further…

United States Of America - Robotics and Automation are nothing new. It has been evolving consistently since Henry Ford's assembly line and well before. What has changed is the segments and industries they never reached or reach. The country's lack luster adoption and lack of innovation seems to have began with push and pull lobbying and regulation…

WORLD / EARTH - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is staked prominently in self defense for his brave country of Ukraine. Millions of citizens have fled for safety, a half million are children, thousands have been murdered including children by novice and confused Russian soldiers, hit-men and mercenaries. Just moments ago Russian soldiers bombarded…

Moscow, Russia & Kyiv, Ukraine - Putin's chickens have come home to roost after decades of rape, murder, poisoning, market manipulations, crypto heists, money laundering, harassment, hacking, stalking, drug dealing and worst of all destroying and walking over his own peoples dead bodies along the way. The Russian people have been openly robbed…

Kyiv, Ukraine- As of Saturday afternoon nations around the world have come together, and quickly, as Putin's madness continues to repeat over and over. The Ukrainian's so far have put up a battle, a street style fight, holding off the initial invasion attempts. Deaths of Russian soldiers have been estimated as high as 4,000 by Saturday afternoon.…