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Wetlands permit dispute pauses construction on $2 billion Scout Motors electric SUV plant

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Construction work has been temporarily stopped on a $2 billion new electric vehicle plant in South Carolina being built by a Volkswagen Group-backed group trying to revive a brand that was a forerunner to today’s SUVs.
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Missing windsurfer from Space Coast is second Florida death from Idalia

Missing windsurfer from Space Coast is second Florida death from Idalia

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A windsurfer who went missing off Florida's Space Coast the day that Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been declared the state's second death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Wednesday.
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Foreign Relations chair seeks answers from US oil firms on Russia business after Ukraine invasion

Foreign Relations chair seeks answers from US oil firms on Russia business after Ukraine invasion

The head of the U.S.
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What are biofuels and why is it so confusing whether they are a source of clean energy or not?

What are biofuels and why is it so confusing whether they are a source of clean energy or not?

BENGALURU, India (AP) — India, the current president of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, has proposed a global biofuel alliance that seeks to accelerate the development of sustainable biofuels to support the global energy transi
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Japan prosecutors arrest ex-vice foreign minister in bribery case linked to wind power company

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo prosecutors said Thursday they have arrested the former vice foreign minister of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on suspicion of accepting more than 61 million yen ($414,000) in bribes from a wind power company in return for
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Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge

Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administratio
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The death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria has risen to 14

The death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria has risen to 14

ISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 14 on Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered seven more bodies.
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Flooding in southern Brazil leaves at least 31 dead and 2,300 homeless

Flooding in southern Brazil leaves at least 31 dead and 2,300 homeless

MUCUM, Brazil (AP) — Flooding from a cyclone in southern Brazil washed away houses, trapped motorists in vehicles and swamped streets in several cities, killing at least 31 people and leaving 2,300 homeless, authorities said Wednesday.
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Brazil cyclone, Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in extreme weather now

Brazil cyclone, Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in extreme weather now

Families perched atop houses pleading for help to escape the deadly flooding after a cyclone hammered southern Brazil , with the region's governor calling it “an absolutely out of the ordinary event.
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As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara

As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara

NAIROBI (AP) — A walk through the busy business district of Mombasa Road in Nairobi, or even a rural community in Kisii County, Kenya, highlights something that's getting attention at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi this week — solar power that
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