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‘Heading for yet another sewage-heavy year’: Study reveals how pollution incidents rose again in 2024

The government has taken a lot of steps to tackle the UK's sewage crisis since taking office, undertaking a flurry of activity designed to deliver on manifesto promises and respond to the role anger over...

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White House to Ask Congress to Rescind $1.1 Billion From NPR and PBS

Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.The White House is planning to ask Congress to claw back more than $1 billion slated for public broadcasting in…

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‘Axing zombie projects’: Ofgem confirms plan to fast-track grid connections for clean power projects

Ofgem is today expected to confirm plans to carry out a radical overhaul of the UK's grid connection process in order to speed up the rollout of much needed clean power infrastructure across the country....

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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom

During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning software and an adviser to NATO. He had recently visited London for a dinner with a senior British intelligence official and would…

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Brad Holland, Subversive Artist Who Reinvented American Illustration, Dies at 81

Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion page, spawning a generation of imitators, died on March 27 in Manhattan. He was 81.His brother,…

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After L.A. Fires, Edison Wants to Bury Power Lines in Altadena and Malibu

Southern California Edison is echoing calls from homeowners to move spark-prone electrical equipment underground. Company officials estimated the cost at more than $650 million.Southern California Edison, the electric utility whose equipment has been the focus of investigations into the deadly Eaton…

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