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The world follows whichever country leads the deployment of a new technology.

Wildlife, air quality at risk as Great Salt Lake nears low LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 27 1of27A man walks along a sand bar at the receding edge of the Great Salt Lake on June 13, 2021, near Salt Lake City. The lake has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting nesting pelicans that are among millions of birds dependent on the largest natural lake west ...

Lindsay Whitehurst July 05, 2021 - 10:15 PM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The silvery blue waters of the Great Salt Lake sprawl across the Utah desert, having covered an area nearly the size of Delaware for much of history. For years, though, the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River has been shrinking. And a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting the nesting spot of pelicans that are ...

News24 Wire Meanwhile, investments in research and development helped the company take massive tax breaks of $2.3bn in 2020, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan Amazon.com Inc CE...

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To Stay Competitive, U.S. Needs More Digital Infrastructure A new Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report argues that any U.S. infrastructure plan should bank on digital infrastructure because it offers the greatest long-term social and economic gains. May 23, 2021 •  Shutterstock A new report suggests if President Joe Biden and Congress don’t invest enough in digital infrastructure, the U.S. will lose out in terms of global long-term c...

Memorial lambs: Richard Lancaster is pictured with his donated Swaledale ewe, joined by, from left, Alan Barker, Catherine Chappelhow, Ben Richardson and daughter Millie with the lamb, Tom Barker and Warren Porter. A MAGNIFICENT total of £2,240 was raised when generously donated sheep were sold at Skipton Auction Mart in memory of young Cumbrian farmer Hannah Brown, whose untimely death in March aged just 26 left the agricultural world in deep shock. For one so young, Hannah had become a w...

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Is Congress Ready to Invest in Regional Economies? The Senate is considering a bill that would devote billions to create new tech hubs around the country. It faces an uncertain future, since picking winners makes other regions jealous. May 12, 2021 •  (Shutterstock) A few parts of the country have made out like bandits in recent years. In the decade between the Great Recession and the pandemic plunge, 90 percent of the job growth in technology and innovat...

China Props Up Domestic Clean Energy Industry in Bid to Capture World Market: Expert The Chinese regime is financially supporting domestic clean energy industries in a bid to dominate the global market, forcing the world to become dependent on the regime as the appetite grows for alternatives to fossil fuels, according to an expert. China is the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines and solar panels. It produces more than 70 percent of the materials and parts for solar panels around t...