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Trump administration eyes nuclear power on the moon
Aug 069 months ago

Trump administration eyes nuclear power on the moon

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump administration eyes nuclear power on the moon Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duf...

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Duffy confirms fast-track plan to build nuclear reactor on the moon
Aug 059 months ago

Duffy confirms fast-track plan to build nuclear reactor on the moon

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the space agency's fast-track plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We're in a race to the moon, in a rac...

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Air quality alerts in place for 10 states due to Canadian wildfires
Aug 059 months ago

Air quality alerts in place for 10 states due to Canadian wildfires

The National Weather Service announced air quality alerts in 10 states Tuesday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to spread across the U.S. border. The alerts come as the Canadian Interage...

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Trump eyes additional barriers to solar and wind energy
Aug 059 months ago

Trump eyes additional barriers to solar and wind energy

The Trump administration is eyeing additional barriers to the development of solar and wind energy on public lands. In a memo made public late Friday, the administration said that it would seek to blo...

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Grassley places holds on three Trump Treasury nominees
Aug 049 months ago

Grassley places holds on three Trump Treasury nominees

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is placing a hold on three of President Trump’s nominees to the Treasury Department over forthcoming administration rules that are expected to hamper tax credits for wind ...

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Small earthquake shakes New Jersey and New York City
Aug 039 months ago

Small earthquake shakes New Jersey and New York City

A magnitude-3 earthquake struck the New York City metropolitan area on Saturday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS said the earthquake occurred at 10:18 p.m. local time near Ha...

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California ramps up firefighting arsenal with new helicopter fleet
Aug 0110 months ago

California ramps up firefighting arsenal with new helicopter fleet

California has completed a multi-year initiative to optimize its firefighting capacity, with the arrival of the final two of 16 specialty helicopters. The acquisition of these last two Sikorsky S-70i ...

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Military walks back plan to discontinue some weather data
Jul 3110 months ago

Military walks back plan to discontinue some weather data

The military is walking back its previously announced plans to discontinue some weather forecast data after public pushback. The Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will still d...

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History's biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back
Jul 3110 months ago

History's biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning, no time to run—just the rumbles of an earthquake, the thunder of a mounta...

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Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii following 8.7 earthquake
Jul 3010 months ago

Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii following 8.7 earthquake

A tsunami warning was issued in Hawaii on Tuesday following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake near the Russian coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National...

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