The plan is to release 7,800 tons in the first 17 days so as not to rush the release and minimize environmental impact.
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Some states, including Maine, reject federal money to find and replace lead pipes
Maine – which banned lead pipes earlier than most states – said other funds would be used to create inventories.
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Maui confronts the challenge of finding hundreds of missing people
The number varies widely, with the governor saying more than 1,000 remained unaccounted for, the mayor of Maui claiming 850, and during President Biden’s tour on Monday, White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall put it between 500 and 800.
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Biden administration program to help small forest owners benefit from selling carbon credits
The grant money comes from the sweeping climate law passed by Congress just over a year ago and targets underserved landowners, including military veterans and new farmers, as well as families owning 2,500 acres or less.
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U.S. Coast Guard rescues man stranded for 3 days on an island in the Bahamas
Aerial photos released Tuesday by the Coast Guard show the letters ‘SOS’ had been etched into the sand on the island’s beach.
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A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Wholesalers are yet to receive new stocks since India, the world’s largest exporter of rice by far, said last month that it would ban some rice shipments.
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Ukraine media say Kyiv saboteurs were behind drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia
Ukraine has increasingly targeted Moscow’s military assets behind the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine and at the same time has launched drones against Moscow, most recently early Tuesday.
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Firefighters in Greece find bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire
Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border from Turkey
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All 8 people trapped in a cable car high above a Pakistan canyon have been rescued
An expert described the rescue as extremely delicate because the wind generated by the helicopter blades could further weaken the remaining cables holding the car aloft.
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Attorney John Eastman surrenders to Georgia authorities over efforts to overturn election
Eastman, a conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss.