Laos once considered the letter R a Western interloper. The Internet helped bring it back.
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Saqib Rahim
I'm a freelance reporter based in Southeast Asia. Previously, I covered US energy and climate policy at EENews.net. I've also done freelance work on sports, including an award-winning 2016 piece on the rise of sports activism. My work has appeared at EENews.net, VICE Sports, The Economist, SBNation, NYTimes.com, Dat Winning, NPR.org, Huffington Post, and Scientific American. Long-ago graduate of Johns Hopkins - SAIS. Wit of a Californian; warmth of a New Yorker.
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LAW: FERC, DOJ back state subsidy for nuclear ($)
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