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A 2021 Toyota Prius that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell sits on display at the Denver auto show Sept. 17, 2021, at Elitch's Gardens in downtown Denver. As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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States and companies compete for billions to make hydrogen
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT AND JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press
Wed,04/05/23-1:06PM , 129 Reads
As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity.
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A flare burns natural gas at an oil well, Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday, April 5, 2023, by a federal appeals court. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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Challenge to Biden 'Cost of Carbon' policy dismissed
By KEVIN MCGILL AND MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press
Wed,04/05/23-12:07PM , 357 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals cour
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New Orleans Police Capt. Michelle Woodfork speaks as the new interim police superintendent during a news conference at New Orleans City Hall, Dec. 20, 2022. The federal judge overseeing police reforms in New Orleans has told the city’s police chief and other city officials Monday, April 3, 2023, to attend a hearing in her courtroom in an order issued a week after Mayor LaToya Cantrell said city employees cannot speak at public meetings about the reform effort without her permission. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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After mayor shuts down police comments, judge orders hearing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,04/04/23-4:23PM , 93 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal judge overseeing police reforms in New Orleans has told the city’s police chief and other city officials to attend a hearing in her courtroom.
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Leader of Louisiana's health department to resign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,04/04/23-2:03PM , 54 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three years after becoming the leader of Louisiana's Department of Health, Secretary Dr. Courtney N. Phillips is resigning.
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