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Artificial Intelligence: A major shortcoming of translation tools use in asylum cases stems from the difficulty of building in checks, said Gabe Nicholas, a research fellow with the Center for Democracy & Technology and co-author with Bhatia on a May paper on the models being used for machine translation.

Smartphone Use: In July, the United Nations education and cultural agency UNESCO made an "urgent call" for stricter guidelines on the use of technology in classrooms, noting in part that "smartphones in schools have ... proven to be a distraction to learning, yet fewer than a quarter of countries ban their use in schools."

A new study underscored the urgent need for policies to drive down emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, showing the public health effects are costing billions of dollars. The research estimated in 2016, in the U.S. ...

Montana has dispatched emergency crews to help fight raging wildfires north of its border, under an agreement allowing northern U.S. states and southern Canadian provinces to work together to battle wildland blazes. It is the first time this season the Northwest Compact has been used, but there is precedent for Canadian crews doing the same for the U.S. ...

By Carey L. Biron for Context.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for Virginia News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration To hear Emil King tell it, the benefits of the 8,000-odd solar panels shimmering before him on an industrial lot in Washington D.C. ...

New federal funding for green-energy projects from President Joe Biden's landmark 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is worth an estimated $370bln

With concerns already high about drying water resources, recent storms and floods in the state have spurred fresh debate about whether a decades-old adaptation strategy - capturing and storing rain and snowmelt - could provide a sustainable solution in California, and across the nation

Such debates are happening across the country, bolstered by the COVID-19 pandemic moving key services such as healthcare, grocery shopping and government processes online, and now by preparations for a massive federal program to close the digital divide. About a fifth of the country lacks internet access, particularly in poor, rural and Native American communities, according to public records.

"Before doing this job, I never realized how much stuff people would throw away - and how valuable things are,” Torres said. RISING REVENUES FROM REUSE The U.S. produced about 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris in 2018, more than twice its municipal solid waste, according to the most recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Nearly two-thirds of building waste went straight to landfills.

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