Michael Phillis

Associated Press

Practical AI Lessons and Strategies

Practical AI Lessons and Strategies

July 31, 2026

The Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, March 3, 2026.

Iran Attacks Threaten U.S. Economy With More Uncertainty Around Inflation, Growth

March 4, 2026

Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, London, Dec. 11, 2014.

Trump Expects Fed Pick, AI to Deliver a '90s-style Boom; Economists Have Doubts

March 4, 2026

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February Manufacturing PMI at 52.4%

March 2, 2026

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July 31, 2026

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks at a news conference Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington.

EPA Eliminates Mention of Fossil Fuels in Website on Warming's Causes

Scientists call it misleading.

December 10, 2025

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump Administration Cuts Nearly $8B in Clean Energy Projects in States That Backed Harris

The cuts are likely to affect battery plants and could threaten over 200,000 jobs.

October 3, 2025

MK Bashar, right, test drives an electric tractor as Ben Phillips, left, watches Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, during a demonstration in East Lansing, Mich.

Will Electric Tractors Gain Traction? At Pilot Event for Farmers, Researchers See Possibilities

The market is fairly new, but researchers think they will be ideal for small farmers.

September 19, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, Feb 3, 2025, in East Palestine, Ohio.

EPA Offers Industrial Polluters Way to Avoid Rules on Mercury, Arsenic, Other Toxic Chemicals

Environmental groups called the offer a "polluters' portal."

March 27, 2025

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

What to Know About Trump's First Executive Actions on Climate and Environment

From oil and gas expansion to revoking EV goals.

January 27, 2025

A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, July 20, 2018, in Flint, Mich.

Biden Sets 10-Year Deadline for U.S. Cities to Replace Lead Pipes

The mandate would finalize an effort to ensure the safety of the nation's drinking water.

October 8, 2024

The Denka Performance Elastomer Plant sits at sunset in Reserve, La., on Sept. 23, 2022.

New EPA Rule Says 200 U.S. Chemical Plants Must Reduce Toxic Emissions

The action updates several regulations that have not been tightened in nearly two decades.

April 9, 2024

Lead water pipes pulled from underneath the street are seen in Newark, N.J., Oct. 21, 2021.

Cities Must Replace Harmful Lead Pipes under New Biden Administration Plan

Most cities would have 10 years to replace the pipes.

December 1, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19, 2023.

Biden Declares Emergency Over Lead in Water in U.S. Virgin Islands

Officials told residents to stop using their taps and began distributing vouchers for bottled water.

November 23, 2023

Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., Monday, July 17, 2023.

U.S. Climate Law is Already Turbocharging Clean Energy Technology

The law passed one year ago.

July 24, 2023

A road bisects a wetland on June 20, 2019, near Kulm, N.D. The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution. The decision from the court on Thursday, May 25, 2023, strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water. It’s the second ruling in as many years in which a conservative majority has narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.

SCOTUS Limits Law Intended to Protect Wetlands

Industry and farm groups praised the ruling.

May 26, 2023

Cooling towers release heat generated by boiling water reactors at Xcel Energy's Nuclear Generating Plant on Oct. 2, 2019, in Monticello, Minn.

Regulators: Nuclear Plant Leak Didn't Require Public Notice

Regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked.

March 20, 2023

Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announces the Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams during an event at N.C. State University, Oct. 18, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. The EPA on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect.

EPA to Limit 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water

It's the first time the EPA has proposed regulating a toxic group of compounds that are widespread, dangerous and expensive to remove from water.

March 14, 2023

Toney Lewis shows a bottle of tap water he saved, before his neighborhood was recently switched to the current Ferriday, La. water system, in Ridgecrest, La., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

When Destitute Small Towns Mean Dangerous Tap Water

Federal law allows authorities to force changes on water utilities, but they rarely do.

November 4, 2022