New Jersey targets plastic packaging that fills landfills and pollutes
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is aiming to drastically reduce the amount of packaging material — particularly plastic — that is thrown away after the package is opened. From bubble wrap to puffy air-filled plastic pockets
North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota panel will consider Thursday whether to approve permits for underground storage of hundreds of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide that a proposed pipeline would carry from ethanol plants
New Jersey, home to many oil and gas producers, eyes fees to fight climate change
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It’s not an accident that “The Sopranos,” the quintessential show about New Jersey, opens with its main character driving past gasoline and oil storage tanks along the New Jersey Turnpike. From the outskirts
Turning dusty attic treasures into cash can yield millions for some and disappointment for others
THOMASTON, Maine (AP) — Kaja Veilleux has been hunting New England attic treasures for more than 50 years. He once found a copy of the Declaration of Independence sitting on a pile of trash, and he made
US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products
BANGKOK (AP) — The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy businesses. The notice from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said tariffs on
US solar industry downplays climate in strategy for Trump era
(Reuters) – The U.S. solar industry unveiled its lobbying strategy for the incoming Trump administration on Thursday, promoting itself as a domestic jobs engine that can help meet soaring power demand, without referencing its role in combating
Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn are sued by the personal chef they fired
NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Allen ‘s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserves and questions about his pay, then
US asks court to reject delay to law that would ban TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department late on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court to reject an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the
Trump invites China’s Xi Jinping to attend inauguration, CBS News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The invitation to the Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington occurred in
