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The auto industry is launching a campaign to urge the Biden administration to stop the EPA’s regulation on tailpipe emission limits.

Over 4,700 car dealerships in the US have written a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to enforce more stringent regulations on vehicle emissions. The letter arrives shortly before the agency’s anticipated decision on its proposal for tailpipe emissions, which tackles both the impact of climate change

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The company planning to extract resources near Okefenokee has agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve accusations of violating environmental regulations.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The company seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators, who say the company violated state laws while collecting soil samples for its permit application. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has

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Researchers discover new emperor penguin communities in Antarctica.

New satellite images have revealed previously undiscovered locations where emperor penguins reside. Emperor penguins, considered “near threatened” with extinction, are the world’s largest penguins. They raise their chicks in Antarctic winter on patches of frozen sea ice. But if the ice breaks up before the chicks have fledged, most will die. According to a recent

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Japan has recently achieved the feat of landing on the moon, placing them in an exclusive group. What actions are being taken by others?

TOKYO (AP) — Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. Several nations and corporations are also planning expeditions to the moon. Achieving success would result

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A private US spacecraft was destroyed while reentering the atmosphere after a unsuccessful attempt to reach the moon, according to the company involved.

On Friday, officials confirmed that a moon mission by an American company ended in failure, resulting in a fiery crash into the South Pacific. Astrobotic Technology announced that communication and tracking were lost when their lunar lander reentered Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday. This occurred 10 days after its launch from Florida. CEO John Thornton stated

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Scientists have successfully mapped the largest deep-sea coral reef to date, located off the coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean.

Researchers have charted the expansive coral reef located deep in the ocean, which spans hundreds of miles along the eastern coast of the United States. Although scientists have been aware of the existence of certain coral in the Atlantic since the 1960s, the actual size of the reef was unknown until recent advancements in underwater

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