The Biden administration on Thursday finalized new rules that drastically cut emissions from new natural gas and existing coal-fired power plants, which will force some to shut down unless they make expensive upgrades. The stringent suite of rules, part of President Biden’s climate change agenda to achieve a zero-emission electrical grid by 2035, will require […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March. Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed […]
In this tech age, Americans increasingly have much of their lives on their phones, tablets, and computers, but it also seems that each year we collectively lose more of our rights to privacy. Unfortunately, yet another case in California has eroded our rights where it concerns our devices — in this case the right not […]
President Biden will celebrate Earth Day on Monday by announcing $7 billion in federal grants to fund solar projects and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs program to include 2,000 openings. The solar power grants will serve more than 900,000 households in low- and middle-income communities and will be awarded by the Environmental Protection […]
Energy advocacy organization Power the Future has declared April 22 the inaugural “American Fossil Fuel Workers Day of Visibility,” complete with a digital ad campaign — on the same day as Earth Day. The campaign consists of a proclamation with mobile billboards that will circle the White House and the National Mall, where Earth Day […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program. The grants are being awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency, which unveiled […]
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Fifty drones were shot down by air defences over eight Russian regions, including 26 over the country’s western Belgorod region close to the Ukrainian border. Two […]
Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, left Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stumbling during a Wednesday hearing by rhetorically asking him what powers Congress had stripped him of to enforce the border. Mayorkas testified during a hearing of the House Appropriations’ homeland security subcommittee titled “Budget Hearing: Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of Homeland Security.” Cloud […]
A drifting ship. A massive bridge. But this time, disaster was averted. On Friday evening, a massive container ship lost power as it was heading out to sea in the shipping lane between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, according to the New York Post. The incident came as the ship was near the vicinity […]
Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. According to the plant authorities, there was no critical damage or casualties and radiation levels at the plant were normal after the strikes. Later […]
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