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By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY (Associated Press) NEW YORK — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets. The median pay package for CEOs rose to $16.3 million, up 12.6%, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar.

Brandon Shores Power Plant is a clear example of how poor grid planning hurts climate progress. When it comes to fossil fuels, coal is the dirtiest of them all. The energy source is the most carbon-intensive to burn, playing a significant role in climate change. It also emits heavy metals and other particles that have dire health effects: Emissions from coal power plants are associated with twice the mortality rate of other types of air pollution. 

Designers trained an AI model to produce images in their own style, and it shows not only the value proposition of artificial intelligence for creative work, but also how the perceptions of AI tools within the industry are evolving. While this year’s Google I/O conference featured all the pomp and circumstance that surrounded the company’s annual product announcements, a short drive away at a different, quieter venue, the company shared clues as to where its AI strategy is headed.

Texas has ‘the most aggressive’ well-plugging program in the U. S. So why doesn’t it seem to be making any progress? After a century and a half of oil and gas production in the United States, the nonprofit environmental watchdog Climate Tracker published a sobering report in 2020: Some 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells lay scattered across the country.

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Calling all van lifers, overlanders and road warriors: A new festival coming to Colorado will convene vehicle nomads for a weekend of camping, gear demos, and workshops amid the picturesque scenery of the high desert. It’s called The Caravan, and it’s cruising to CampV in Naturita from June 6 to 10 for what event coordinator Josiah Roe anticipates will be the first of many years to come. Roe is the publisher of travel publication The Journal of Lost Time, which hosts six annual van life-inspired events in the U.