Alaska's push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state continues to embrace new fossil fuel production, including ...
Environment
May 24, 2023
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French lawmakers have voted to ban smoking in all forests and woods during the fire season, part of a series of proposed measures to tackle growing destruction and dangers from climate change-related blazes.
Environment
May 18, 2023
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When people take out student loans for themselves, certain risks are involved. The debt can negatively affect a person's mental, emotional and even physical well-being. It can also harm a person's financial well-being.
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2021
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The Environmental Protection Agency will end a temporary policy that relaxed reporting requirements on pollutants due to the coronavirus at the end of August, amid criticism that the pandemic policy has jeopardized public ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2020
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Escalating a campaign to make corporations responsible for the waste they produce, an environmental group filed suit Wednesday against some of the world's biggest food, beverage and consumer goods companies in a California ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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Illinois lawmakers approved a data center tax incentive proponents say could make tech giants and other firms think twice about locating their data storage facilities anywhere else.
Business
Jun 5, 2019
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A panel of politicians from Canada and several other nations criticized Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for ignoring subpoenas Tuesday to appear at a hearing on protecting privacy and democracies online.
Internet
May 28, 2019
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After receiving letters and prodding by Florida's state and federal lawmakers, President Donald Trump changed course Monday, announcing his support of a $200 million push to fund projects aimed at restoring Florida's Everglades ...
Environment
May 14, 2019
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President Donald Trump is moving closer toward his goal of creating a Space Force, just not as the separate military department he envisioned.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2019
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Several House Republicans asked T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint how they share their users' cellphone location data, citing a recent report that telecoms are selling that information to shadowy companies without customer ...
Telecom
Jan 16, 2019
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