US Rig Count Falls Off a Cliff In Thanksgiving Week

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The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell sharply this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The total rig count in the US fell by 1src to 544 this week…Continue Reading

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Environmentalists and former agency employees warn of increased workloads for park employees at a time when park staffing is already low. By Jake Bolster U.S. citizenship will determine how expensive it is to access America’s national parks beginning next year, the Interior Department announced yesterday. Prices for non-U.S. residents toContinue Reading

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WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked to speak with them about the matter.  Four House members plus Arizona Sen. Mark KellyContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Sentient. You likely haven’t heard of the worker at a Prestage Foods plant in South Carolina who suffered a head injury after a pile of dead turkeys fell on him. Or the Butterball plant worker in Arkansas whose index finger was crushed while heContinue Reading

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An interdisciplinary group applied the latest tricks of phylogenetics — using genes and genomes to build evolutionary trees — to trace all of modern life back to our shared ancestor. This ancient cell, or population of cells, is known as LUCA, which stands for “last universal common ancestor,” the oneContinue Reading