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Trump Prepares To Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement: Report
US President-elect Trump's transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported.
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Joe Biden To Designate Civil Rights Monument Amid Fresh Racism Row
President Joe Biden is set to designate a new national monument memorializing the brutal 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, with the White House framing the symbolic act as part of a fight against resurgent racism.
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Yellow Brick Path Found At Bottom Of Pacific Ocean, Scientists Wonder If It's "Road To Atlantis"
The marine scientists said that their aim was to investigate underwater structures known as seamounts - formed by volcanic activity.
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Biden Restores National Monument Protections Slashing Trump-Era Policy
Three national US monuments will have their protected status restored Friday, continuing Joe Biden's efforts to roll back the environmental policies of his predecessor.
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"Like Taj Mahal": US Senator On Hiking National Parks' Fee For Foreigners
An influential US Senator has moved a legislation seeking to charge an additional fee between USD 16 and USD 25 from foreign nationals visiting the country's national parks, arguing India does the same for monuments like the Taj Mahal.
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Dinosaurs, Fossils And Experts Studying Them Have Waited For End To US Shutdown
The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.
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Thousands Evacuated After Fire Scare At US' Statue Of Liberty Island
Thousands of visitors to the Statue of Liberty were evacuated from the national monument's New York Harbor island on Monday after a small fire broke out at a construction site, authorities said.
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Barack Obama Creates Two New National Monuments
President Barack Obama has created two new US national monuments, bringing vast desert areas under federal protection.
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Washington Monument Shut Until At Least 2019 For Repairs
The Washington Monument, which has been plagued with elevator problems since a 2011 earthquake struck the US capital, will remain closed until 2019 for much-needed repairs and renovations, the National Park Service said on Friday.
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Utah National Monument Proposal Stirs Fierce Debate
US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be visiting the expansive "Bears Ears" area in southeastern Utah this week to meet with people and go on field visits to research a proposal to create a new national monument.
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Boy Survivor of US Desert Hike That Killed Parents Returns to France
A nine-year-old French boy who survived a desert hike in which his parents appear to have died of thirst, has been flown home from New Mexico, an airport official said.
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Barack Obama Announces 3 New National Monuments in US
US President Barack Obama has announced three new national monuments, in Chicago, as also in Colorado and Hawaii, along with an initiative to make national parks free for children.
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Barack Obama to Make Japanese Internment Camp National Monument
US President Barack Obama will on Thursday make a former Japanese internment camp in Hawaii a national monument to "ensure its stories are told for generations."
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US Child Immigrant Durge a 'Tragedy': Texas Governor
Texas governor Rick Perry warned on Thursday that a growing wave of immigrant children flooding into the US risks becoming a "monumental tragedy" and a national security crisis unless they are sent back as soon as possible.
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Climate Change Threatens 30 US Landmarks - Science Advocacy Group
Climate change is threatening US landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Cesar Chavez National Monument in Keene, California with floods, rising sea levels and fires, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Trump Prepares To Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement: Report
US President-elect Trump's transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported.
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Joe Biden To Designate Civil Rights Monument Amid Fresh Racism Row
President Joe Biden is set to designate a new national monument memorializing the brutal 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, with the White House framing the symbolic act as part of a fight against resurgent racism.
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Yellow Brick Path Found At Bottom Of Pacific Ocean, Scientists Wonder If It's "Road To Atlantis"
The marine scientists said that their aim was to investigate underwater structures known as seamounts - formed by volcanic activity.
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Biden Restores National Monument Protections Slashing Trump-Era Policy
Three national US monuments will have their protected status restored Friday, continuing Joe Biden's efforts to roll back the environmental policies of his predecessor.
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"Like Taj Mahal": US Senator On Hiking National Parks' Fee For Foreigners
An influential US Senator has moved a legislation seeking to charge an additional fee between USD 16 and USD 25 from foreign nationals visiting the country's national parks, arguing India does the same for monuments like the Taj Mahal.
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Dinosaurs, Fossils And Experts Studying Them Have Waited For End To US Shutdown
The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.
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Thousands Evacuated After Fire Scare At US' Statue Of Liberty Island
Thousands of visitors to the Statue of Liberty were evacuated from the national monument's New York Harbor island on Monday after a small fire broke out at a construction site, authorities said.
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Barack Obama Creates Two New National Monuments
President Barack Obama has created two new US national monuments, bringing vast desert areas under federal protection.
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Washington Monument Shut Until At Least 2019 For Repairs
The Washington Monument, which has been plagued with elevator problems since a 2011 earthquake struck the US capital, will remain closed until 2019 for much-needed repairs and renovations, the National Park Service said on Friday.
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Utah National Monument Proposal Stirs Fierce Debate
US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be visiting the expansive "Bears Ears" area in southeastern Utah this week to meet with people and go on field visits to research a proposal to create a new national monument.
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Boy Survivor of US Desert Hike That Killed Parents Returns to France
A nine-year-old French boy who survived a desert hike in which his parents appear to have died of thirst, has been flown home from New Mexico, an airport official said.
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Barack Obama Announces 3 New National Monuments in US
US President Barack Obama has announced three new national monuments, in Chicago, as also in Colorado and Hawaii, along with an initiative to make national parks free for children.
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Barack Obama to Make Japanese Internment Camp National Monument
US President Barack Obama will on Thursday make a former Japanese internment camp in Hawaii a national monument to "ensure its stories are told for generations."
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US Child Immigrant Durge a 'Tragedy': Texas Governor
Texas governor Rick Perry warned on Thursday that a growing wave of immigrant children flooding into the US risks becoming a "monumental tragedy" and a national security crisis unless they are sent back as soon as possible.
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Climate Change Threatens 30 US Landmarks - Science Advocacy Group
Climate change is threatening US landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Cesar Chavez National Monument in Keene, California with floods, rising sea levels and fires, scientists said on Tuesday.
