We will soon find out if FERC is serious about climate and environmental justice
In February, the obscure, but powerful, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted draft policy statements that would require the agency to consider foreseeable greenhouse gas emissions before approving proposed interstate gas pipelines or liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. These statements would also require consideration of the construction impacts of these projects on historically marginalized communities and communities of color that have long been ig
Read MoreWho is Jim Marchant, GOP candidate for Nevada secretary of state?
Nevada State Assemblyman Jim Marchant's victory in the Republican primary for secretary of state has sparked new interest in his background, especially as concerns grow over his position on the 2020 election. Marchant, who moved to the Silver State in 2005, was elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2016, later making an unsuccessful congressional bid for the state’s 4th Congressional District after winning the Republican primary in 2020. Marchant, considered a loyalist to former President Trump, is now vying to be the top elections official in Nevada, but his previous commen
Read MoreBill Gates says NFTs and cryptocurrency based on 'greater fool theory'
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Tuesday said that non fungible tokens or NFTs are "100 percent based on greater fool theory," the idea that people can make money by purchasing assets that are overvalued and later selling them at a profit. Gates, speaking at the Tech Crunch conference, said that he is not involved in cryptocurrency and added he's used to asset classes such as "a farm where they have output or a company where they make products." He added tha
Read MoreJan. 6 panel to focus on Trump pressure campaign on Pence
The relationship between former President Trump and Mike Pence will take center stage at the Jan. 6 committee’s third hearing as it examines the “pressure campaign on Vice President Pence driven by the former president.” “Tomorrow’s hearing is going to focus on former President Trump's attempts to pressure former Vice President Pence to unilaterally change the results of the election in the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6,” a select committee aide told reporters. “Even as advice was swirling around the White House saying that this scheme was illegal, it was totally b
Read MoreBiden bashes Florida, Texas bills targeting LGBT youth
President Biden on Wednesday bashed Florida and Texas for state laws that target LGBT youth, calling them discriminatory at a celebration of Pride Month at the White House. “I don’t have to tell you about the ultra-MAGA agenda attacking families and our freedoms,” he said, noting that “300 discriminatory bills” where introduced in conservative states. State bills in Florida and Texas have banned discussion in elementary schools about gender and sexual orientation and restricted access to health care for transgender youth, respectively. “In Texas, knocking on fr
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