Residents of a Minnesota town were under an evacuation order for at least seven hours Thursday after a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire, according to local officials.
Why it matters: The derailment comes as Congress is weighing rail safety reforms stemming from a separate train derailment last month in East Palestine, Ohio, which prompted evacuations and lingering health concerns for residents.
Private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners and Sweden's Scandinavian Enviro Systems have formed a joint venture, backed by tire giant Michelin, to launch a large-scale European tire recycling group.
Why it matters: An estimated 1 billion tires reach the end of their lives each year, the vast majority are tossed into landfills.
Why it matters: On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly took the extraordinary step of adopting, by consensus, a resolution that would do just that. It's asking the court for an advisory opinion laying out what countries' obligations are to protect the climate in order to secure human rights.
Much of California and the midwestern United States just had some of the wettest winter weather on record, per data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The opposite was true in the Pacific Northwest and in parts of Texas and Florida, which were significantly drier than average.
After nearly 2,500 reports of unruly passengers on flights last year, Congress is considering a new no-fly list.
Driving the news: Senate and House members proposed legislation Wednesday that would allow the Transportation Security Administration to ban people convicted or fined for assaulting or interfering with airline crews.
In a landmark though limited move, the UN General Assembly voted Wednesday to seek an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Why it matters: The resolution, sponsored by the climate-vulnerable nation of Vanuatu, could establish countries' obligations to act on climate change.
The second bomb cyclone to hit California in a week is buffeting the state after two rapidly intensifying storms combined off the West Coast on Monday.
Threat level: This "dynamic" storm combo that's set to continue through Wednesday includes a low pressure area rotating south from the Gulf of Alaska and subtropical moisture moving east.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Tuesday that's designed to stop gasoline price gouging, which his office hailed as "the strongest state-level oversight and accountability measures on Big Oil in the nation."
