The Virtual Tribune
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Starlink Soars from 60 to Over 6,000 Satellites Since 2019
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 8 — It has been seven years since the first 60 Starlink satellites rode a…
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Commercial satellites may threaten Earth’s ozone layer, study warns
WASHINGTON — A new and largely unregulated threat to the Earth’s protective ozone layer is emerging from an…
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SpaceX Deorbits Starlink Satellites via Controlled Reentry Burn
HAWTHORNE, California, July 8 — When a Starlink satellite’s job is done, it does not drift as space…
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SpaceX burns 260 Starlink satellites in 6 months, raising pollution fears
WASHINGTON, July 8 — For six months, ending in early 2025, SpaceX deliberately steered 260 of its Starlink…
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Sputnik Launch Sparks U.S. Science Education Overhaul
MOSCOW, July 8 — It was a beep. A simple, rhythmic beep from the sky that shattered America’s…
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OPEC, Futures Markets, and Geopolitics Set Oil Prices
NEW YORK, July 8 — The bottom line: a single statement from President Donald Trump sent oil prices…
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Transcontinental Railroad’s 1869 Completion Reshaped America Forever
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 accelerated the displacement of Native American…
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Iranian National Charged in $300,000 Plot to Kill John Bolton
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The figure that matters in the Shahram Poursafi case is $300,000. That was the…
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Transcontinental Railroad Cost $115M, Transformed Nation
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The transcontinental railroad cost an estimated $115 million to build. That figure, equivalent to…
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Golden Spike Ceremony Completes First Transcontinental Railroad
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah Territory, May 10 — The golden spike has been driven. On May 10, 1869, at…
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Chinese Workers Formed 80% of Central Pacific, Building U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
BEIJING, July 8 — The story of the transcontinental railroad in the United States is often told as…
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How the Strait of Hormuz Affects Global Oil Prices and Markets
MUSCAT, July 8 — Global energy markets are watching a narrow stretch of water with renewed concern this…
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Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862-1867 Funded Transcontinental Line
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Against this backdrop of a sprawling nation still scarred by civil war, the United…
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Railroad Revolution: How 1869’s Transcontinental Link Shrunk America
NEW YORK, July 8 — $115 million. That is the figure that matters when investors look back at…
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Oil Prices Surge 6% After Trump Declares US-Iran Ceasefire Over
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The headline number: 5.8 percent. That is how much Brent crude futures surged on…
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International Space Station Marks 22 Years of Global Space Cooperation
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The International Space Station, a structure that has orbited the Earth continuously for over…
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History: U.S.-Iran Tensions and Oil Price Shocks Since 1979
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The 1979 Iranian Revolution sent shockwaves through the global economy that are still reverberating…
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OPEC+ Balances Market Control with Growing U.S. Oil Dominance
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The oil market remains the most sensitive barometer of geopolitical risk in the global…
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PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo Leads NJ Data Center Security Push
NEWARK, July 8 — Ralph Izzo, chairman and chief executive of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), has publicly…
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Key Players in Grid Management: RTOs, ISOs, and Federal Regulators
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The architecture of America’s electricity grid is a patchwork of regional bodies, each with…
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Moderate Earthquake Strikes Remote Chagos Archipelago
CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION, July 8 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the Chagos Archipelago region on July 8,…
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U.S. Accelerates Grid Modernization Amid Rising Energy Demands
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The hum of transformers and the crackle of high-voltage lines are the soundtrack of…
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Charles Babbage And Ada Lovelace Designed First Computer
LONDON, July 8 — The mechanics of modern computing, the machine you are reading this on, trace back…
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Higher Oil Prices Drive U.S. Gasoline Costs and Inflation
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The nearly 6% jump in oil prices on March 30 is about to hit…
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