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Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom
16 June 2025 at 18:50

Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

16 June 2025 at 18:50

By: Rebecca F. Elliott

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.

Group14 Technologies, a start-up, slowed the construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash., after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs.

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250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State
31 May 2025 at 00:06

250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State

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31 May 2025 at 00:06

By: Neil Vigdor

Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County. Efforts were underway to recapture the bees.

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Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen
25 June 2024 at 09:04

Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen

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25 June 2024 at 09:04

By: Somini Sengupta

As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.

Hansa Ahir, left, who salvages recyclable waste for a living in Ahmedabad, India, bought an insurance policy to cover her income on days when heat makes it dangerous to work.