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• What will shift to zero-emission trucks cost? $1 trillion for charging alone, study says
• Emergency response
• Investigation
• Positive train control
• What cargo security measures and certifications does AIT's Los Angeles freight forwarding facility provide?
• 'It was like a freight train': Elkhorn family must rebuild 30 days after moving into new home due to Friday's tornado

Battery electric is gaining a strong foothold in the medium-sized delivery truck market, but hydrogen could have a leg up for long-haul trucking. While a fuel cell is comparable in size to a diesel engine, a battery big enough for long-haul trucks adds weight and size and cuts down on the total freight load the truck can deliver. And while an battery electric truck can take hours to recharge, the refill time for hydrogen is more comparable to filling up with diesel fuel. Both battery electric and hydrogen fuel-cell trucks can cost three times as much or more than a $120,000 diesel truck. Those buying the trucks can qualify for state and federal subsidies to make up most of the upfront costs.

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What will shift to zero-emission trucks cost? $1 trillion for charging alone, study says

There’s been a lot of discussion about whether we should start vaccinating chickens in the US. The government, USDA labs, have been testing some poultry vaccines. There are challenges there, both in terms of logistics — just how would you go about vaccinating billions of chickens every year. Traditionally, a lot of countries have not been willing to accept poultry products from countries that vaccinate their poultry. So that gives the virus many more opportunities to become a specialist in mammals instead of a specialist in birds, which is what it is right now.

Emergency response

High levels of air pollution are often found in neighborhoods ringed by factories or next to highways, despite most sources meeting emission standards. The NTSB led the official investigation to determine the probable cause, but NTSB officials had not commented on the accident prior to the Metrolink statement. In a subsequent press conference at the scene two hours after Tyrrell's comments, an NTSB official cautioned that the cause of the accident was still under investigation. The NTSB studied the data from the train event recorders, which had been recovered by NTSB investigators working at the scene.

Investigation

We just don’t entirely know how this is going to play out. And so that’s one reason scientists are trying to keep such a close, attentive eye on what’s happening. And there’s concern about whether the virus might spread undetected in flocks that are vaccinated. So as we saw with COVID, the vaccine can sometimes stop you from getting sick, but it doesn’t necessarily stop infection. And so countries are worried they might unknowingly import products that are harboring the virus. A bald eagle found dead at Carvins Cove has tested positive for the highly contagious bird flu.

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But any time you see mammal-to-mammal transmission, it increases the chance that the virus will adapt and possibly, maybe one day get good at spreading between humans. To be clear, that’s not something that there’s any evidence happening in cows right now. But the fact that there’s any cow-to-cow transmission happening at all is enough to have scientists a bit concerned. Yes, so I have been covering this virus for the last few years.

Positive train control

And that seems to be what is happening in seals and sea lions. Scientists are already seeing evidence that the virus is adapting as it passes from marine mammal to marine mammal. And that could turn it into a virus that’s also better at spreading between people. So the way it’s spreading in wild animals, even in remote places like Antarctica, that’s important to watch, at least in part because there’s a real danger to people here.

What cargo security measures and certifications does AIT's Los Angeles freight forwarding facility provide?

Today’s convening on zero-emissions freight infrastructure is designed to launch a series of engagements aimed at tackling emissions from the movement of goods across the nation and recognizes the great progress made already by leaders in freight decarbonization. The scene of the accident was a curved section of single track on the Metrolink Ventura County Line just east of Stoney Point. The NTSB blamed the Metrolink train's engineer, 46-year-old Robert M. Sanchez, for the collision, concluding that he was distracted by text messages he was sending while on duty. Prior to the construction of the Alameda Corridor, cargo traveling by rail to or from the ports of Los Angeles or Long Beach could be routed along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Harbor Subdivision or the Southern Pacific Railroad's tracks down Alameda Street. The Harbor Subdivision was 90 miles (140 km) long, traveling out to the west side of Los Angeles, before turning back east towards the ports.

'It was like a freight train': Elkhorn family must rebuild 30 days after moving into new home due to Friday's tornado

Scientists say it is now spreading beyond farms into places and species it has never been before. So basically, this virus is spreading to places it’s never been before, kind of virgin snow territory, where animals just don’t have the immunity against it. And once it gets into a population packed on a beach, say, of elephant seals, it’s just like a knife through butter. But the bad news is that it’s starting to look like we’re seeing this virus spread from cow to cow.

Investigation finds activists may have spread avian flu in Sonoma Co. "As we learn more about the situation on the ground, the State of Arizona stands ready to deploy the resources necessary to keep our communities safe," Hobbs said on X Saturday. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said she is "deeply concerned" about the derailment.

But we’re also seeing it show up in some more surprising places, too. We’ve seen the virus in a bottle-nosed dolphin, of all places. So, Emily, we’ve been talking here on “The Daily” about prices of things and how they’ve gotten so high, mostly in the context of inflation episodes. Egg prices were through the roof last year, and we learned it was related to this. The derailment has caused traffic disruptions, forcing the temporary closure of part of Interstate 40 and the track.

And the bird flu is absolutely tearing through poultry flocks, and that is affecting egg prices. That’s a concern for everyone, for me and for my family. But when it comes to scientists, egg prices are pretty low on their list of concerns. Because they see this bird flu virus behaving differently than previous versions have. And they’re getting nervous, in particular, about the fact that this virus is reaching places and species where it’s never been before.

Employees at Union Pacific mechanical shops are responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance and performance of locomotives and rail cars. Our team operates these facilities with a focus on safety, standard work processes to avoid waste, and productivity. Union Pacific streamlines equipment processing at intermodal and auto handling facilities across the system, resulting in reduced fuel use and fewer emissions. A rail yard’s effectiveness impacts the company’s operational success. Reducing the amount of time trains spend in rail yards reduces transit time and improves delivery reliability. Union Pacific is focused on optimizing yard performance through Precision Scheduled Railroading, measuring train processing metrics and identifying ways to improve performance.

One is just how much virus is out there in the environment being shed by wild birds into water and onto beaches. These are also places that viruses like this haven’t been before. So it’s reaching elephant seals and sea lions in South America that have no prior immunity. And then if we think more expansively beyond what’s happening on farms, there’s another big danger lurking out there. And that’s what happens when this virus gets into wild animals, vast populations that we can’t control.

Our corporate headquarters, Union Pacific Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, was designed with efficiency and sustainability as key guidelines. For example, a central atrium provides natural light, reducing the need for artificial light and electricity demand. An under-floor heating and cooling system keeps employees comfortable in Nebraska winters and summers while using less energy than more conventional climate control systems. The building is equipped with a sophisticated air-handling system that uses a central computer to control fan speed depending on the number of people in the building, ensuring that climate control is based on the needs of people rather than the thermostat presets. We built infrastructure and processes to discharge effluent wastewater safely.

But that’s a disaster that sometimes seems distant from us, both geographically, we’re talking about things that are happening maybe at the tip of Argentina or in Antarctica. And also from our concerns of our everyday lives, what’s happening in Penguins might not seem like it has a lot to do with the price of a carton of eggs at the grocery store. And an even more extreme example of that is what we’re starting to see happen in Antarctica, where there’s never been a bird flu outbreak before until last fall, for the first time, this virus reached the Antarctic mainland. And we are now seeing the virus move through colonies of not only seabirds and seals, but penguin colonies, which have not been exposed to these viruses before. Right now, the likelihood that a farmer who gets this virus passes it on is pretty low.