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Biden's public lands director named to lead environmental group

Biden's public lands director named to lead environmental group

BILLINGS, Mont.
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Biden administration to loan $6.6B to EV maker Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused

Biden administration to loan $6.6B to EV maker Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.
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Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO's remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores

Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO's remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian beef was headed back to the shelves of Carrefour-owned grocery stores Tuesday after a brief boycott sparked by remarks from the French company’s chief executive about nations in the South America trade bloc Mercosur.
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Drought is causing saltwater to creep up the Delaware River. Here's what's being done about it

Drought is causing saltwater to creep up the Delaware River. Here's what's being done about it

TRENTON, N.J.
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Sand coming to Atlantic City's eroding beaches is better late than never, casinos say

Sand coming to Atlantic City's eroding beaches is better late than never, casinos say

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is finally getting a beach replenishment project that casinos say is essential for visitors who have had precious little space to spread their towels for two sand-starved summers.
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Eggs are available -- but pricier -- as the holiday baking season begins

Eggs are available -- but pricier -- as the holiday baking season begins

Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season. But prices are still far from the recent peak they reached almost two years ago .
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Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients

Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Tuesday they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a million dollars. The 1.2 tons of scales worth $1.3 million were found Nov.
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Views on garden insects are changing. Why many former 'pests' are now valued

Views on garden insects are changing. Why many former 'pests' are now valued

A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees .
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Biden administration will loan $6.6 billion to Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused

Biden administration will loan $6.6 billion to Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.
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Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

KARO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday.
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