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Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects

The Interior Department said late Wednesday that it would fast-track approvals for projects involving coal, gas, oil and minerals on public ...

Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects

The Interior Department said late Wednesday that it would fast-track approvals for projects involving coal, gas, oil and minerals on public ...

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The US Has a Single Rare Earths Mine. Chinese Export Limits Are Energizing a Push for More

OMAHA, Neb. — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’...

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It’s the First US Nuclear Plant to Use AI. Where Does Diablo Canyon Go From Here?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Diablo Canyon, California’s sole remaining nuclear power p...

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Plastics Are Seeping Into Farm Fields, Food and Eventually Human Bodies

KAMPALA, Uganda — In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as b...

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Trump’s Interior and Energy Secretaries Cheer on Natural Gas Export Industry in Gulf Coast

PORT SULPHUR, La. — The planned expansion of a massive liquefied natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy p...

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CA Electricity Bills Could Soar Even Higher as Big Tech Builds More Data Centers

California residents now pay the highest price for electricity in the continental U.S., state analysts reported last month. Costs have been ...

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Farmers and Rural Businesses Await Promised Rebates Amid Federal Funding Freeze

A freeze on federal loans and grants is creating turmoil for some rural U.S. business owners who fear they won’t get reimbursed for ne...

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Clean Energy Interests Shift Focus to Money and Jobs

WASHINGTON — Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener s...

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Earthjustice Lawsuit Wants BLM to Stop Approving Kern County Oil Wells

Despite an ongoing lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management for how it reviews the environmental impact of oil and gas wells in Kern Co...

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Baked-in-Profits Send PG&E and SCE Bills Soaring. Are They Excessive?

Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into cus...

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)
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Trump Requests $893 Billion for National Defense, Flat Versus 2025

A masked man in his late teens or early 20s was confronted by a resident during an attempted home invasion in Porterville before fleeing in a waiting vehicle on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Tulare County SO)
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Tulare County Resident Fights Off Suspected Home Invader

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP File)
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CDC Reports 216 Child Deaths This Flu Season, the Most in 15 Years

Palestinians search for casualties at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip May 2, 2025. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)
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Gaza Tensions Flare Over Dwindling Supplies as Blockade Persists, Aid Worker Says

Signs supporting NPR outside its headquarters in Washington on March 26, 2025. The Trump administration has accused NPR and PBS of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.” (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
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Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

Residents of the now evacuated Palestinian refugee camp of Tulkarem return to collect belongings before the destruction of their homes as Israeli forces prepare to carry out the demolition of 116 homes across the two refugee camps of the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
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Israeli Forces to Demolish More Than 100 Homes in Israeli-Occupied West Bank

A driver who ran a stop sign and caused a fatal three-vehicle crash in Visalia was arrested after fleeing the scene on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Visalia PD)
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Visalia Driver Arrested After Running Stop Sign Causing Fatal Crash

A screen displays a trading chart on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City after the White House announced a 90-day pause & lowered 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries, U.S., April 9, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo)
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Fed Outlook in Focus as US Stocks Rally Picks up Steam

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