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![Some of the 1,000 solar panels that are part of a green energy project on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation frame the landscape near Cannon Ball, N.D., where the grand opening for the energy farm that was borne partly out of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017 was held. Revenue generated from the 30 kilowatt farm is currently being used to power a community center and gymnasium in Cannon Ball. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap-image-solar-farm--e1634075131531-900x422.jpg)
A year in, landmark U.S. climate policy drives energy transition but hurdles remain
By: Rachel Waldholz | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A year ago, Sonia Aggarwal watched from home as the votes came in on the U.S. Senate floor. Aggarwal was working as a White House aide, advising… Read More
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Ohio will vote on a proposed law to legalize recreational marijuana in November
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana with a proposed law to regulate it like alcohol on the November 7 ballot. The… Read More
![A patient prepares to take mifepristone, for a medication abortion.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap23228683282099-c9dd334946fd52c7c570f31016119b63675453fd-e1692219743492-900x422.jpg)
Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone – but nothing changes yet
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | Diane Webster | NPR
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NEW ORLEANS (NPR) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortions should not be sent through the mail, however, a previous… Read More
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A Houston energy firm plans to produce clean hydrogen with natural gas at West Virginia facility
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Houston energy transition company is planning a $2 billion investment to produce clean hydrogen with natural gas in West Virginia, a project estimated to create… Read More
![This combination of pictures created on August 14, 2023 shows Former US President Donald Trump in Orlando, Florida, on February 26, 2022 and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on August 14, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-16003020861-fb1c329e802d48851d1acc6c342652029a674817-scaled-e1692209965312-900x422.jpg)
3 reasons the latest charges against Trump could be hard for him to shake
WASHINGTON (NPR) — It may be the fourth criminal indictment for Donald Trump in five months, but in a few ways, the charges brought by a Georgia grand jury on… Read More
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Ohio’s former chief justice says redistricting was ‘doomed to fail’ and Ohio needs a new way to draw maps
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican former chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court has done as she said she would earlier this year: She’s working with a… Read More