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While millions of Americans tuned in to watch NASA perform another successful rover landing on Mars this past February, a new startup was preparing to announce Earthly intentions for a core technology behind the future of space exploration. Starting next year with the METL™ tire, The SMART Tire Company intends to take on the $250B … Read the rest
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced it had designated Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in response to more than a year of advocacy by immigration groups. [Source: Boundless]
DHS designated Cameroon for TPS for 18 months to stop deportations of certain Cameroonians to the country, which has been experiencing violence … Read the rest
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams plans to introduce a bill Thursday that would establish a declaration of homeless New Yorkers’ rights, creating a single, succinct document to empower unhoused people.
The legislation before the City Council would allow homeless people to “self advocate if these rights are violated,” Williams’ office said in a … Read the rest
A South American wildflower long believed to be extinct has been rediscovered. Gasteranthus extinctus was found by biologists in the foothills of the Andes mountains and in remnant patches of forest in the Centinela region of Ecuador, almost 40 years after its last sighting.
Extensive deforestation in western Ecuador during the late 20th century led … Read the rest
In a bid to lower some of the highest electricity bills in the nation, Virginia lawmakers are pushing legislation that would strengthen oversight of the state’s largest utility, Dominion Energy, potentially setting up hundreds of millions of dollars in customer refunds.
The package of seven bills is designed to restore authority to Virginia’s State Corporation … Read the rest
