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June 11, 2026
Elon Musk uses his phone during a state dinner for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing.
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June 12, 2026
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June 12, 2026
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June 12, 2026
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Mr. Trash Wheel, a mechanism that collects trash from tributaries that feed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor sits in the water, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Baltimore. Many novel devices are being used or tested worldwide to trap plastic trash in rivers and smaller streams before it can get into the ocean. Officials say Mr. Trash Wheel has inspired fans to begin recycling or join trash cleanups.
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River Trash Traps Chew at Huge Ocean Plastics Problem
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A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported.
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Pipeline's Safeguards Not Working in Louisiana Diesel Spill
The spill sent 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a wetland.
February 8, 2022
Federal prosecutors say a New Orleans-based company has agreed to turn over a $432 million trust fund and pay $43 million to settle a lawsuit over cleaning up the nation's longest-running oil spill.
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$475M Settlement Proposed in Longest-Running U.S. Oil Spill
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December 23, 2021
Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La.
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September 21, 2021
A Google Maps roadside view of Formosa Plastics' Point Comfort, TX facility.
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Judge Drops Suit as Corps Reconsiders Plastics Complex
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They want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana.
February 17, 2020
In this June 4, 2010, file photo, a worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La.
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BP Oil Spill Cash Rebuilds
The island is being restored to nearly its former size after devastating offshore oil spill 10 years ago.
February 4, 2020
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The Army Corps of Engineers is accused of failing to disclose environmental damage and public health risks, and of failing to adequately consider environmental damage from the Formosa Plastics plant.
January 16, 2020
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Warnings about the possibility of serious injury from tire failure were reportedly embossed on the tire in the same color as the tire.
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Lawmakers Back Fisheries Disaster Request
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The company and scientists can't agree on how much oil is still leaking from a hurricane-induced spill in the Gulf of Mexico 14 years ago.
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$1.5B in Tax Breaks for LA Plant
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Grower Jason McDonald, at The Great Mississippi Tea Company, near Brookhaven, Miss., shows some of the tea plants he hopes to develop into a strong sustainable cash crop.
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There's money to be made because more Americans are willing to pay premium prices for what they consider top quality, said tea consultant Nigel Melican.
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