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Wind, snow sweep U.S. Plains, Lake Michigan faces 20-foot waves
Posted by Reuters: Brendan O'Brien on November 12th, 2015
Reuters: A weather system packing high winds and snow moved through the U.S. High Plains on Wednesday, bringing with it tornadoes and warnings of whiteouts and dangerous road conditions.
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for eastern Colorado, northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska ahead of the system, which it expected to bring gusts of 55 miles per hour (88 km per hour) and dump at least 5 inches (8 cm) of snow in some areas.
"The main issue is the traffic," said Brian Warren,...
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Wildfire in central Texas 40 percent contained
Posted by Reuters: Brendan O'Brien on October 17th, 2015
Reuters: Firefighters have contained the so-called Hidden Pines wildfire inside a well-defined footprint after it burned on 4,582 acres and forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes, local officials in Bastrop County said during a news conference on Saturday.
"We have been playing defense on this fire for the last four days and today we are in containment mode, which means that we are not going to let that fire score anything else," Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape during a news conference.
The wildfire...
Wisconsin lawmakers approve bill clearing way for iron ore mine
Posted by Reuters: Brendan O'Brien on March 8th, 2013
Reuters: Wisconsin's Republican-controlled state Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would clear the way for a possible $1.5 billion iron ore mine in the far northwest corner of the state by streamlining environmental regulations.
Representatives voted 58-39 along party lines to approve the bill that would set a 420-day limit for the state Department of Natural Resources to approve or deny a permit for iron ore mining.
The state Senate narrowly approved the bill in February. It goes next to Republican...
Enbridge working fast to contain Wisconsin oil spill, restart pipeline
Posted by Reuters: Brendan O'Brien on July 29th, 2012
Reuters: Canada's Enbridge Inc. on Sunday raced to repair a major pipeline that spilled more than 1,000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, provoking fresh ire from Washington over the latest in a series of leaks.
The spill on Friday -- almost two years to the day after a ruptured Enbridge line fouled part of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan -- has forced the closure of a major conduit for Canadian light crude shipments to U.S. refiners and threatens further damage the reputation of a company that launched...