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U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say

16 December 2025 at 15:09
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.

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A liquified natural gas tanker. This year the Trump administration signed a deal with the European Union in which Europe pledged to buy American gas in exchange for tariff relief.

Arctic Report Card Marks Record Temperatures and Rainfall in Arctic

16 December 2025 at 14:12
A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.

© Josh Koch/U.S. Geological Survey

A tributary of the Kugaaruk River in northern Alaska turning orange from elevated heavy metal concentrations.

Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You

16 December 2025 at 13:40
The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.

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While there is no dispute that heavy drinking is harmful to health, the question before experts is whether light to moderate drinking provides more protection from cardiovascular disease than not drinking at all.

Nick Reiner not medically cleared to appear in court after arrest in connection to death of parents

16 December 2025 at 13:04
Nick Reiner, the younger son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was not medically cleared to appear in court on Tuesday, according his attorney."Hopefully he’ll be cleared tomorrow and we can get him here," the attorney, Alan Jackson, said addressing reporters outside of a Los Angeles courthouse

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says Trump 'will go for it' when there's an 'opportunity' for retribution

16 December 2025 at 11:32
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said the administration's accusations against New York Attorney General Letitia James "might" be "retribution," and "when there’s an opportunity" for President Donald Trump to take retribution, "he will go for it," Vanity Fair reported in a new profile of Wiles

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