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Denmark has implemented the world's first belch and manure tax to address the significant methane emissions from its large livestock population. The tax aims to reduce agricultural pollution and restore farmland to its natural state. In a separate development, Japanese scientists have launched a satellite with wooden components, marking a potential shift in space engineering towards sustainable materials. Retailers in the US are seeing positive results from installing electric vehicle chargers, with studies showing increased foot traffic and spending at locations with charging stations. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores Elon Musk's impact on Cameron County, a predominantly Hispanic community in Texas, leading to a shift in political preferences towards the Republican party in the 2024 election. Musk's economic influence through SpaceX attracted working-class Hispanic families, prompting them to prioritize their financial interests and vote for Trump. The economic growth brought about by Musk's ventures altered the county's demographics and political landscape, prompting some residents to reconsider their party affiliations and remain open to change. Additionally, the article delves into the debate surrounding Senate oversight in the confirmation process of presidential nominees, particularly during the early days of the Trump administration, with discussions on the necessity of standard FBI background checks for nominees. The Senate's role in confirming nominees is deemed essential in upholding its constitutional duties, with its handling of nominees under the Trump administration setting a precedent for future confirmations. [Extracted from the article]

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The article reports on the efforts of Western diplomats to prevent a surge of fighting along the Israel-Lebanin border and reduce risk of a wider war following a deadly rocket attack on the Druse Arab town of Majdal Shams that is being blamed on Iranian-backed Islamist militant group Hezbollah. It informs about the openness of Israel to a diplomatic resolution to the conflict with Hezbollah, as well as the plea of United Nations officials to Israel and Hezbollah to exercise maximum restraint.

The article focuses on the devastating consequences of a series of airstrikes by the Israeli military on a refugee camp in Gaza, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, including four relatives of a man who was sheltering with his family in the camp.

The article focuses on recent escalations between Israel and Hezbollah, including limited retaliatory attacks and diplomatic efforts to prevent further conflict amid rising tensions.

The article focuses on the Israeli military's retrieval of five hostage bodies from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, a development that comes amid growing international and domestic pressure for a ceasefire deal to release remaining captives.

The article explores Hezbollah's growing threat amid escalating tensions with Israel, highlighted by recent rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon, underscoring Hezbollah's military capabilities and the potential for broader regional conflict.

The article warns about the potential of space rocket launches by commercial companies and government agencies to yield escalating levels of emissions and waste. It raises concerns about the consequences of pollution from rockets and spacecraft, particularly the effect of rocket exhaust and black carbon, or soot, on the stratosphere. It discusses the environmental impact of the disintegration of artificial satellites in low-Earth orbit and ways the space industry could reduce its impact.

The article explores Israel's rejection of a French diplomatic effort to curb escalating conflicts with Hezbollah, amid ongoing cross-border strikes and Israel's concurrent military operations against militant group Hamas in Gaza, Palestine. Topics discussed include challenges in achieving a ceasefire, Israel's insistence on Hezbollah's withdrawal from designated areas per United Nations (UN) resolutions, and complexities in international mediation amidst escalating tensions.

The article focuses on the escalating tensions between Israel and its neighboring countries, particularly Lebanon, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens tougher military action against Hezbollah, while the U.S. attempts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza through diplomatic efforts.

The article focuses on Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Hamas) launching rockets at central Israel, prompting air-raid sirens in the Tel Aviv area for the first time since late January, signaling the group's retention of long-range missile capabilities despite Israel's ongoing conflict with the militants in Gaza. It reports that the rocket attack from Rafah comes amidst Israeli offensive operations in the area, drawing international concern over the humanitarian crisis.

The article discusses SpaceX's successful third Starship launch, marking progress in space transportation despite the rocket being lost on re-entry, potentially impacting NASA's lunar missions and Elon Musk's Mars vision.

The article focuses on a group of Carnegie Mellon University students who traveled to Florida to witness the launch of a small robotic rover named Iris, which they had helped build for a lunar mission; however, the spacecraft malfunctioned, and the students improvised to salvage.

The article focuses on an Israeli airstrike targeting a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit in southern Lebanon, signaling a shift towards surgical strikes within Lebanon following months of border clashes, with the strike reportedly in response to rocket launches.

The article discusses the challenges faced by NASA's first commercial mission to the moon, as the lunar lander, Peregrine, built by Astrobotic Technology, encountered propulsion system failure shortly after its flawless launch aboard the new Vulcan rocket.

The article focuses on an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City and the subsequent controversy surrounding the claims made by Hamas government officials.

The article focuses on the CIA's intelligence reports prior to the Hamas attack on Israel, indicating warnings of potential violence in Gaza. Topics include the routine nature of the reports, the focus on deteriorating conditions in Gaza leading to potential border attacks, and questions arising from the failure to detect Hamas's preparations for the attack.

The article focuses on Chris Howell, a 17-year-old freshman quarterback at Long Island University, whose unconventional throwing motion, resembling a half sidearm sling and half underhand spiral, gained viral attention and fascination from the college football world after a remarkable pass.

The article focuses on Russia's launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft, headed to the moon's south polar region, marking the country's return to moon exploration after nearly half a century and demonstrating President Vladimir Putin's efforts to showcase Russia's return to great-power status through space achievements; this moon mission also reflects Russia's push to develop domestic space technology in the face of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions.

The article focuses on North Korea's failed attempt to launch a rudimentary military reconnaissance satellite, the Malligyong-1, into orbit. Topics include the malfunctioning of the rocket, the South Korean military's analysis confirming the satellite's lack of military use, and the implications of North Korea's pursuit of spy satellites for regional security.

The article focuses on the recent escalation of violence between Israeli and Palestinian groups, including rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel, a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, and an Israeli military operation in Jenin resulting in casualties on both sides. Topics include the rising tensions in the region, the actions and responses of Israeli and Palestinian authorities, and the impact on the affected communities.

The article reports on the decision of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to call off the test launch of the Space Launch System on September 3, 2022 to carry astronauts to the moon due to hydrogen leak. Topics mentioned include the importance of the vehicle to NASA's moon plans, NASA's Apollo space program, and thoughts from former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver about the Space Launch System's design.

The article focuses on the environmental and health impacts caused by SpaceX's rocket launch in Boca Chica, Texas. Topics include the shaking of homes and the raining down of debris in nearby areas, the concerns of residents about the thick layer of dust and sand covering everything, and the lack of proper impact modeling and mitigation measures by SpaceX.

The article reports on the plan of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to launch the Space Launch System rocket to the moon.

The article informs the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration will press ahead with preparations for a second launch attempt of its new moon rocket. The Space Launch System rocket is the modern equivalent of the Saturn V that took NASA astronauts to the moon during the Apollo program half a century ago. Mission managers have come up with a plan that they hope will work around an engine problem with the rocket encountered during the first launch attempt.

The article reports on The Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket has launched from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft.

The article reports on a renewed effort by the U.S. to sabotage Iranian missiles and rockets. Topics discussed include the two failed attempts by Iran to launch satellites in January and February 2019, a claim by the U.S. that Iran's space program is merely a cover for its attempts to develop a ballistic missile, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's determination to continue his country's missile program.

The article reviews the rocket Falcon Heavy built by SpaceX and reports on its successful launch on February 6, 2018 in Florida. The Heavy is a turbocharged version of the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket capable of lifting 140,000 pounds to low-Earth orbit and is stated to be the first rocket to be sent into space by a private company rather than a government space agency. It will move through Earth's Van Allen and then head away from Earth onto an elliptical orbit around the sun.

The article reports on the launch of the SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 2019 after delay.

The article discusses the explosion in Gaza City due to the launched of rocket wherein the Gaza militants has fired back through rocket launches.

The article discusses the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which separated from the booster at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on October 7, 2018.

The article presents the most read, shared and discussed posts from across nytimes.com on topics including the decline of Dow Jones and S&P stock price indexes, launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and prospects for the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to sink.

The article reports on the launch of partly used rocket Falcon 9 from aerospace company SpaceX which creates a progress in reducing the costs of sending payload to space.

The article offers international news briefs as of 2017. Topics discussed include the launch of four ballistic missiles from the long-range rocket site of North Korea, the increase of cash rewards offered by South Korea to North Korean defectors to encourage elite members to flee and the pressure faced by President Donald Trump to solve the decade-long mystery of the disappearance of private investigator Robert A. Levinson in Iran.

The article reports on North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile which raises concerns of the South Korean government who immediately ordered the deployment of its American missile defense systems.

The article reports on the plan of aerospace company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to launch rocket bearing satellites after an explosion of one of its rockets.

The article reports on the statement of SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk on November 4, 2016 regarding the reason behind the explosion of one of the rockets of the company in September 2016 and the resume of the launches in the middle of December 2016.

The article reports on the passed test on critical escape from rocket capsule conducted by rocket company Blue Origin LLC which was started by billionaire Jeffrey P. Bezos after the lift on October 5, 2016 and mentioned the safety of the launch-abort system to carry tourists in space.

The article reports on the delay in the inaugural launch of the Soyuz rocket from the Vostsochny Cosmodrome in Far East, Russia by Russian's space agency with Russian President Vladimir Putin watching, due to unspecified technical glitch.

The article comments on the popularity of rocket launching amongst amateur rocketeers and discusses a gathering of rocketeers in the Black Rock desert of New Mexico. The rocket launchers have faced stricter restrictions from the U.S. government on the usage of the propellant ammonium perchlorate composite since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Reports that potential problems with fuel tank foam in the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) shuttles were played down in years of study. Decision by NASA managers that the chances that debris from the fuel tank would strike the shuttle Discovery, in the kind of accident that doomed the Columbia and its astronauts in 2003, had been reduced to acceptable levels; Observation that a piece of foam fell from the protuberance air load ramp on Discovery's liftoff; Suspension of future shuttle flights until the problem can be resolved; Suggestion that the effort to resolve the problems was a chain of missed opportunities and questionable judgments over the life of the shuttle program; Background on problems at the program; Options under consideration.

The article reports on the launch of the Kwangmyongsong rocket in North Korea on February 7, 2016, which was condemned by the governments of South Korea and the U.S. as a sign of advancement in the country's intercontinental ballistic missile technology.

The article reports on launching a rocket by North Korea at Tongchang-ri, the North's main satellite launch site, on February 7, 2016 despite defying warnings from Washington, D.C. due to North Korea's plan of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile for delivering nuclear bomb.