While GOP lawmakers want less regulation to lower energy prices, the administration says those policies would benefit oil companies and the Chinese.
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Veteran-owned food truck finds pop-up location in Waterville
Hero’s on Wheels is one of many food businesses in recent years to eschew the traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant and take to the road.
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California researchers attempt ocean climate solution
Engineering faculty at the University of California Los Angeles say they have developed a technique that can remove carbon dioxide from seawater and produce green hydrogen, a clean fuel, in the process.
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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
Twitter does not verify individual accounts to ensure they are who they say they are, as was the case with the previous blue check doled out during the platform’s pre-Musk administration.
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Justice John Roberts asked to testify on court ethics amid Thomas reports
In recent weeks, news reports have focused on the purchase by a conservative donor of 3 properties belonging to Justice Clarence Thomas and his family in a transaction worth more than $100,000.
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Climate tension: U.N. chief chides Biden, other world leaders
President Biden is touting ‘unprecedented’ climate efforts by his administration in an annual White House summit of leading economies.
Posted inBusiness, News
Work can resume on CMP power-line project, jury rules
Construction of the 145-mile line through western Maine has been stalled since a 2021 voter referendum that opposed the $1 billion project.
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U.S. unemployment claims tick up to 245,000, but still low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained low by historic standards last week.
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Future of CMP power line corridor now rests in jury’s hands
Closing arguments in a civil trial focused on whether developers of the stalled 145-mile line sped up construction simply to gain legal rights to continue building.
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Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts
U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank of limiting the scope of an internal investigation.