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CA Law Aims to Turn Food Waste into Renewable Energy

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California is poised to launch the nation’s biggest program to prevent food waste from going into landfills as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate clean energy. A law taking effect in January will require municipalities across the state to collect food waste for its potential use in making renewable natural gas for … Read more

Space law hasn’t been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful

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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi Greg Autry, Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University On Nov. 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile … Read more

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin aims to help the next generation reach for the stars

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Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin is working to help the next generation reach the same lofty heights that he did. Melvin, a retired NASA astronaut, completed two space shuttle missions to the International Space Station during his tenure, one in 2008 and the other in 2009. But in the years since then, Melvin has been … Read more