The acrid smell hits you first—a distinctive blend of heated petroleum and crushed stone that’s unmistakable to anyone who’s driven past an asphalt plant. But beyond that signature scent lies a ...

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved a lease agreement with Magnolia Materials, LLC during an executive session at its Dec. 15 meeting, granting the company use of a 22-acre parcel in ...

Cycads are the oldest living group of seed-producing plants — and it seems they use infrared heat signals to attract specialized nocturnal weevils that deliver their pollen 1. Wendy Valencia-Montoya ...

California is on track to lose another major refinery just months after Phillips 66 fully shuttered its Los Angeles-area operations at the end of 2025. Valero’s Benicia plant is now set to end ...

Long Island City’s Green Asphalt plant voluntarily suspended its operations after it failed to meet a state deadline to raise the height of its smokestacks. The state Department of Environmental ...

Vicinity Energy’s plant in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia includes a building built in 1915, alongside a modern co-generation plant. Originally coal was used to generate steam, but ...