As Iran War Drives Clean Energy, It’s Not Enough To Help The Planet, Yet
"Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran, but it is not yet enough to help address climate change."
"Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran, but it is not yet enough to help address climate change."
"Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant’s roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like typical soybean plants."
"The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Friday."
"Just 17 per cent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, the issue they say will sway their vote in the midterms"
"Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 40 years ago, banning the weed killing chemical paraquat in 1983. "
"World political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week."
"A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a land exchange that would allow SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker run by Elon Musk, to expand its launching and production site into a federal wildlife refuge in Texas."
"Sen. Grassley calls for an export embargo as farmers feel the hit of record-high costs"
"CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a legal challenge on Monday against President Trump’s order barring them from the White House grounds, the latest battle in a fight over journalistic independence instigated by the president.
"Major TV networks withdrew from the White House television pool after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House access, citing solidarity with the excluded outlets and ending the shared broadcast feed for most of Trump's events."