As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work.
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A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.
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