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Powerful nor'easter expected to slam East Coast
A massive winter storm is hitting the East Coast, with the first blizzard warnings issued for the New York City area and Boston in nearly four years. Mola Lenghi has the latest.
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A massive winter storm is hitting the East Coast, with the first blizzard warnings issued for the New York City area and Boston in nearly four years. Mola Lenghi has the latest.
While it may be technically possible, saving Earth from a "planet killer" asteroid or comet would require very quick action by world leaders.
Stoves continuously leak small amounts of methane, emitting as much greenhouse gas as 500,000 cars put out in one year.
The Environmental Protection Agency is laying out new plans to improve air and water pollution in marginalized communities. EPA Administrator Michael Regan joins Major Garrett on "Red & Blue" to discuss his recent travels to affected areas and the Biden administration's plans to pursue environmental justice.
"Somehow it's converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we've seen before," team leader Dr. Hurley-Walker said.
GM is investing nearly $7 billion in Michigan to build a new battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to make electric trucks.
There are also dozens of newly identified reptiles, frogs and newts, fish and 155 plant species, including the only known succulent bamboo species, found in Laos.
A 31-year-old man who needs a new heart isn't getting one because he hasn't been vaccinated against COVID-19. David Ferguson said his son DJ refuses to get the shot, and the hospital treating him said the coronavirus vaccine is one of several required for transplant candidates. Paul Burton of CBS Boston reports.
Technically, it could also see details as small as a U.S. penny at a distance of about 25 miles.
Mimas may be Saturn’s smallest moon — but it could hold big secrets. Scientists once thought the moon, whose giant crater indent makes it look like the "Star Wars" Death Star, was just a "frozen block of ice." But now they believe it may be a "stealth" ocean world.