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Oregon regulators allowing new dairy farm to operate PENDLETON — Oregon regulators denied a request by environmental and animal rights groups to suspend operations at Lost Valley Farm, a controversial new dairy near Boardman.
Opponents of the dairy filed a petition for reconsideration, urging officials to change their minds.
Nation Energy from renewables outpaces nuclear power WASHINGTON — For the first time in decades, the United States got more electricity from renewable sources than nuclear power in March and April.
That’s the first time renewable sources have outpaced nuclear since 1984.
Still, experts predict output from the nation’s nuclear plants still will outpace renewables for the full year because of such seasonal variations as less water flowing through dams in the drier summer months.
Tesla Inc. no longer most valuable U.S. automaker For almost three months, Tesla reigned as the most valuable automaker in the nation, ahead of both General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., thanks to a remarkable run-up in its stock this year.
It seemed its chief executive, Elon Musk, could do no wrong.
But a spate of negative news this week has brought the electric-car maker’s many challenges into focus, especially its ambitious plans to ramp up production of its first mass-market offering, the Model 3, which begins rolling off the assembly line Friday.
World Qatar Airways off laptop ban list created by U.S. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a U.S. ban on laptops and large electronics in airplane cabins, despite facing logistical challenges amid the country’s diplomatic dispute with several Arab nations.