WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 30, 2023, as well as volumes for December 2023. U.S. railroads originated 876,881 carloads in December 2023, up 7.3 percent, or 59,804 carloads, from December 2022. U.S. railroads also originated 982,383 containers and trailers in December 2023, up 10.2 percent, or 90,881 units, f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 4, 2024, edition (Vol. 38, Issue 1): Reviews: * An Overview of Low-Temperature Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Market Conditions, Raw Materials, Reactors, Scale-Up, Process Intensification, Mechanisms, an  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- The United Nations issued the following news release: The international community "seems incapable of coming together" to respond to intensifying crises, pushing the multilateral system into dysfunction and deadlock in a more fragmented world, the United Nations Secretary-General warned this September at the annual high-level General Assembly debate. Antonio Guterres told Heads of State and Government that the only way out of the current global state of spiralling geopoliti  more