Rod McGuirk

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Cable Manufacturer Prysmian Announces $1.2B Investment Across Three States
August 12, 2026
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AI Didn’t Replace Your Engineers. So What Did It Do?
August 12, 2026
A portion of the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, is seen Aug. 11, 2025 in Clairton, Pa.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, speaks in Canberra, about his telephone conversation with President Donald Trump who Albanese says has agreed to consider a tariff exemption on Australian steel and aluminum imports.
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In this photo provided by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a green turtle swims in waters of Ribbon Reef No 10 near Cairns, Australia, Jan. 26, 2019. Australia's new government announced on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, it plans to prevent a coal mine from being created because of its potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
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Australia's Greens also urged the environment minister to reject another 26 planned coal mines.
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In this Sept. 20, 2018, file photo, an Uyghur woman uses an electric-powered scooter to fetch school children as they ride past a picture showing China's President Xi Jinping joining hands with a group of Uighur elders.
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The legislation aims to end the export of 645,000 metric tons of unprocessed trash.
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Two 46,000-year-old rock shelters were leveled to access iron ore.
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