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Dam removal on the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Washington (American Rivers photos) The United States removed 100 dams across 30 states in 2025, reconnecting more than 4,893 miles of rivers, according to a report by the organisation American Rivers. The organisation said it was the largest number of upstream river miles reconnected through dam removal…

Representative Image of a floating wind turbine monitored by fibre optic cables in deep ocean waters (AI-generated image) California’s push into offshore wind energy faces a problem most coastal states never had to solve. The state’s strongest winds sit far from shore in water too deep for turbines fixed to the seafloor, meaning any large-scale…

A person uses his phone near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday. (File Photo) France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls unless consumers have given prior permission, in a move described by a consumer advocacy group as a “small revolution” for consumers.The ban, which took effect on Tuesday, applies to businesses across all sectors. Companies can…

More than 25 years later, Trump revives Clinton-era flight switch tactic When then-US President Bill Clinton arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2000, a decoy aircraft bearing Air Force One markings landed in view of the media, followed by a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton. An unmarked aircraft then landed, carrying the president, who disembarked…

William (Bill) H. Gates, founder, technology advisor of Microsoft Corporation. Image Credit: Ken Shipp/ Wikimedia commons Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has shifted from a global technology leader into the most significant private owner of farmland in the United States. His portfolio now spreads to approximately 242,000 acres of agricultural land, which represents a…

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Just 10 miles northeast of Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is now a vast urban wildlife sanctuary where bison graze, bald eagles fly over lakes and black-footed ferrets live in the grasslands. Covering about 15,000 acres, the refuge is home to more than 330 species…

New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for August 15 ahead of India’s 80th Independence Day. (Photo: @IndiainNewYork) New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for August 15 ahead of India’s 80th Independence Day, recognising Indian-American contributions and ties between India and the United States.The Consulate General of India in New…

Lake Erie can look deceptively uniform from the surface. Beneath it, however, temperature, oxygen and nutrients divide the water into shifting layers, creating habitats that can change over surprisingly short distances. During the warmer months, parts of the lake’s deeper water can become depleted of dissolved oxygen, forming seasonal hypoxic zones that restrict where fish…