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EPA lifts processing ban for recycling facility to reduce fire risk

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Demand-Driven Vulnerability Detection for Cloud Security Posture Management: Removing Human Rule Authoring from the Disclosure-to-Protection Critical Path

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Sardinian beach bans umbrellas for people aged 10 to 65

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‘Utterly appalling’: anger over swimmers in Hampstead Heath wildlife ponds

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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

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Commercial solariums are banned, but booking a session takes minutes

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ABC Australia 1d ago

Experts suspect state policy is putting some farmers in artificial drought

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Could native forests be Cement Australia's 'sustainable' fuel option?

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Antibiotic found in wild seafood 14 kilometres from salmon farm

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ABC Australia 10d ago

EPA clashes with Greens on need for real-time tracking of salmon antibiotic use

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ABC Australia 7d ago