Michael Phillis

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

April 28, 2023

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Merck Subsidiary Plans $300M U.S. Expansion

April 12, 2023

DOL Discovers Garment Contractors' and Manufacturers' Illegal Pay Practices

April 10, 2023

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Math Saw a Dramatic Decline in Lockdown

April 4, 2023

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.

April 28, 2023

The Denver Fire Academy is visible through a fence from the road Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in Commerce City, Colo. Firefighting foam used here up until 2018 is suspected to be linked to the discovery of PFAS, or “forever chemicals” found in city’s groundwater.

Communities Await First U.S. Limits on 'Forever Chemicals'

Experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities.

March 2, 2023

The Denka Performance Elastomer Plant sits at sunset in Reserve, La., on Sept. 23, 2022.

U.S. Sues Chemical Company Over Cancer Risk

It allegedly presents an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby community.

March 1, 2023

This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. The system uses 192 laser beams converging at the center of this giant sphere to make a tiny hydrogen fuel pellet implode.

Fusion Breakthrough Could Be Climate, Energy Game-Changer

Researchers have achieved a "major scientific breakthrough."

December 13, 2022

The sun sets at Chalmette refinery in Chalmette, La., located just over the Mississippi River levee May 3, 2020. While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation’s coasts.

U.S. Oil & Gas Unlikely Beneficiary in Climate Bill

The bill bypasses concerns about emissions and guarantees new drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.

August 19, 2022