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Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

Brett Phaneuf, co-director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project, at left, stands on the deck of a tow boat as the Mayflower Autonomous Ship is guided next to the replica of the original Mayflower, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Plymouth, Mass. The crewless robotic boat retraced the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower.

Crewless Robotic Mayflower Ship Reaches Plymouth Rock

The solar-powered ship's first attempt to cross the Atlantic in 2021 was beset with technical problems.

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Unlocking Capital Under the Shop Floor

Sale leasebacks have been a financing tool for some time, but are gaining in popularity for manufacturers looking to raise capital.

Air Ambulance Looks to Install CT Scanners in Helicopters

Airbus provided 3D-printed models of the helicopter to help with the development of the tech.

Man Sets Record for Longest Tenure at a Company

He started at the textile company as a 15-year-old shipping assistant.

Plastic bottles of shampoo are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. California lawmakers approved a measure, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, requiring companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles to cut down their use of the polluting product by 25% if they want to continue selling in California starting the next decade.

California Sets Nation's Toughest Plastics Reduction Rules

Companies have 10 years to make changes.

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Boring Company's Loop Opens First Las Vegas Passenger Station

The Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station will be the first of more than 55 stops anticipated to form the Vegas Loop.

Steam billows from a coal-fired power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colo. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, 2022, limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.

Supreme Court Decision May Slow Transition to Cleaner Energy

It could also change the way other agencies can regulate the power sector.

A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration would let the state purchase power in emergencies from aging gas plants.

To Avoid Blackouts, California May Tap Fossil Fuel Plants

Critics say the method is at odds with the state's broader climate goals.

A customer pays for vegetables at the Maravillas market in Madrid, on May 12, 2022. Inflation figures for Europe will be released Friday, July 1, 2022, as Russia's war in Ukraine has worsened the worldwide surge in consumer prices. For months, inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro has risen at the fastest pace since record-keeping for the currency began.

Inflation Hits Record 8.6% for 19 Euro-Using Countries

Russia's invasion of Ukraine made things worse.

A brief patch of early morning sunlight brightens the landscape around the Greenidge Generation power plant, Oct. 15, 2021, in Dresden, N.Y. State officials on Thursday, June, 30, 2022, denied air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant in Finger Lakes that environmentalists called a threat to New York's climate goals.

New York Officials Rule Against Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant

The plant began bitcoin mining in earnest in 2020.