This Earth Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is empowering Americans across the country to act on climate change through simple actions to reduce carbon pollution in their daily lives. Across the country, EPA will be ...
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Lowe's Home Centers, one of the nation's largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform ...
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman and ranking member have asked the Energy Information Administration to analyze the impact of lifting restrictions on US crude oil exports. "This is a complex puzzle that is best ...
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The Platts Japan Korea Marker for May delivery trended down 45 cents/MMBtu over the Asian trading week, closing at $14.95/MMBtu Friday, as supply for the month began to outweigh demand. Sellers were forced to reduce May offers from the ...
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The $60m (£35.7m) modernisation project enables the production of lighter-weight board grades, along with greater finishing flexibility. Marek Krzykowski, mill general director at Kwidzyn, said: "Operations are fully restored and ...
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Expedited regulatory approval of proposed US liquefied natural gas export terminals would not lead to their immediate construction nor to near-term deliveries of US gas into Europe, panelists at a Senate hearing said Tuesday. Several US ...
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the world's ...
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US environmental authorities made a rare move Friday to block a massive copper and gold mine in Alaska before it even gets under way, in a bid to protect wild salmon. The Pebble Mine project has the potential to be one of the biggest open ...
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Researchers have discovered how Native Americans may have survived the last Ice Age after splitting from their Asian relatives 25,000 years ago. Academics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Universities of Colorado and Utah ...
ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity continued to decrease during the week ending Feb. 22, but was high in Hawaii and Oklahoma, federal health officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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FedEx Freight will increase shipping rates by about 3.9 percent, effective. The rate change is for FedEx shipments within Canada, Mexico and the US, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Additional changes ...
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Overall, U.S. obesity rates are unchanged, but obesity rates in young children ages 2 to 5 declined significantly from 2003/2004 to 2011/2012, officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the ...
Designer Alex Woo’s new pendant for the movie Bears is available in sterling silver or 14-karat gold. New York--Designer Alex Woo has crafted two pendants inspired by Disney’s new film Bears, which is narrated by actor John C. ...
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Temperatures across the Midwest this morning range from the 20s and 30s across northern areas with some lower 40s across southern regions. Most of us will be greeted by abundant sunshine this morning, with sun across western areas fading ...
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Asda, a UK-based retailer, is withdrawing its own brand 4 Breaded Alaska Pollock Fillets as some of the packages may contain Lightly Dusted River Cobbler, which contains milk that is not mentioned on the label. The recall affects Asda 4 ...
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