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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
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Environment
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Russell Girsh, a floor hand for Raven Drilling, helps line up a pipe while drilling for oil in the Bakken shale formation on July 23, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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A Chinese man wears a mask as he waits to cross the road near the CCTV building during heavy smog on November 29, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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COP20 President and Peruvian Minister of Environment Manuel Pulgar slams his mallet on December 14, 2014, during the marathon UN talks in Lima. (CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Desert wildflowers bloom on March 12, 2005 in Death Valley National Park, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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A crew member of a ski-equipped C-130 from the New York Air National Guard stands near the plane on July 11, 2013 at the Summit Station, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Pump jacks in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation on March 24, 2014 near Lost Hills, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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Pump jacks and wells are seen in an oil field on the Monterey Shale formation, March 23, 2014 near McKittrick, California(David McNew/Getty Images)
Experts
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
