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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...

/ 3 weeks ago

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...

/ 3 months ago

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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A drone view shows the stage for Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 2, 2025. (REUTERS/Janaina Quinnet)
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Lady Gaga to Draw 1.6 Million Fans to Copacabana, Boosting Brazilian Airlines and Rio’s Economy

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Fresno County Authorities Search for Missing Woman Last Seen at Huntington Lake

Firefighter work at the site of a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 2, 2025. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv region/Handout via REUTERS)
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Russian Drones Hit Apartment Block in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 46 Hurt

Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP File)
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE Access Social Security Systems

The Visalia Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint Friday, May 2, 2025, to promote public safety and remove impaired drivers from the road. (Visalia PD)
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Visalia Police to Hold DUI Checkpoint Friday

Dexter Marvin Francis is Valley Crime Stoppers' Most Wanted Person of the Day for May 2, 2025. (Valley Crime Stoppers)
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Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Dexter Marvin Francis

Steven Gonzales, who is on probation, was arrested for an April shooting after police identified him through a traffic stop and surveillance footage on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Fresno PD)
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Fresno Police Arrest Suspect Linked to Nine-Round Shooting

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Hundreds Rally in Fresno for Immigrant Rights

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