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January 10, 2023
U.S. soldiers attend the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022.
U.S. Military Creates Space Unit in S. Korea to Watch North
December 14, 2022
Dust flies as a farmer plows over a failed cotton field, Oct. 4, 2022, Halfway, Texas.
Rural Voters 'in the Trenches' on Climate
December 12, 2022
It shows that the United States and Russia have enough fossil fuel reserves to exhaust the world’s remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius warming.
First Public Global Database of Fossil Fuels Launches
September 19, 2022
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Dredge Jadwin, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging vessel, powers south down the Mississippi River Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, past Commerce, Mo. Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
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Pumping Mississippi River Water West a Potential Drought Solution
California Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat from Winters, California, speaks during a rally at the California Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Aguiar-Curry has introduced a bill that would require human drivers to be present for self-driving semitrucks.
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Self-Driving Semis Focus of California Rules, Legislation
Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022.
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Dutch, Japanese Join U.S. Limits on Chip Tech to China
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In this June 11, 2015, file photo, a hexacopter drone is flown during a drone demonstration in Cordova, Md. An appeals court has struck down a Federal Aviation Administration rule that required owners to register drones used for recreation.
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Rule on Drone Registration Struck Down
The ruling was a victory for hobbyists and a setback for the FAA, which cited safety concerns as it tried to tighten regulation of the fast-growing army of drone operators.
May 22, 2017
In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, smoke rises in this time exposure image from the stacks of the La Cygne Generating Station coal-fired power plant in La Cygne, Kan. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, asked a federal appeals court in Washington to postpone consideration of 2012 rules requiring energy companies to cut emissions of toxic chemicals.
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EPA Seeks to Scuttle Cleanup of Coal Power Plant Pollution
The latest in a string of moves by President Trump's appointees to help companies that profit from burning of fossil fuels.
April 19, 2017
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier, center, talks with Madonna Thunder Hawk, left, of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, before speaking to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved.
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Judge Denies Request to Halt Pipeline
The last stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline is continuing to move forward, and could be operational in as little as 30 days.
February 14, 2017
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Unions Win in Post-Scalia Supreme Court
It's a major blow to conservative groups that have spent years pushing the court to overrule a 1977 precedent that allows unions to collect "fair share" fees from members and non-members alike that cover the costs of collective bargaining.
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