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We’re Too Close to the Debris
Jan 8, 2026

We’re Too Close to the Debris

by Heather Vogell and Agnel Philip, graphics by Lucas Waldron for ProPublica When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry. Each time SpaceX did a test run of Starship and its booster, dubbed […]

Experts: Trump Plan to Exploit Venezuela’s Oil Would Be “Terrible for the Climate”
Jan 7, 2026

Experts: Trump Plan to Exploit Venezuela’s Oil Would Be “Terrible for the Climate”

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging—and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the […]

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