Amazon’s server farms in eastern Oregon are using much less fossil fuel to power their operations, new data shows, sharply reducing its carbon emissions after five years of steep increases. The shift is apparent in a new state report on the small electric utility that serves Amazon’s data centers in Morrow and Umatilla counties.

An Amazon spokesperson said an incident that involved a crash at a testing facility in Oregon was not the primary reason for the pause.

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an Oregon testing facility as a factor in the decision.

Amazon has paused drone deliveries after a crash at its test site in Oregon. However, the company says this isn't the main reason for the pause.

ALGOMA – A 30-year-old Berlin man is dead after his pickup truck caught fire in a two-vehicle crash in town of Algoma Wednesday evening. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office said it received reports of a crash involving a pickup truck and an Amazon delivery van on State 21 west of Leonard Point Road around 6 p.m. Jan. 22.

Amazon is moving ahead with plans for drone deliveries in Darlington, seeking CAA approval for its Prime Air service and joining broader efforts to enable commercial drone flights across the UK.

Amazon’s server farms in eastern Oregon are using much less fossil fuel to power their operations, new data shows, sharply reducing its carbon emissions after five years of steep increases.

Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson says the reason why the company decided to pause drone deliveries wasn’t because of a recent accident at its test site in Pendleton, Oregon, in December.

Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River. Pink

President Trump has issued more executive orders, aimed at the military, that range from the elimination of DEI policies to directives on policies about transgender military members. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has the latest.

Some of President Donald Trump's working-class and middle-class supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.

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