Passing IRA was half the battle, now the real work begins
Yesterday, we toasted the “biggest step forward on climate ever.” Today, the Biden administration starts the difficult task of ensuring that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)’s historic investment in green energy benefits our nation’s hardest-hit communities — lest it exacerbate existing disparities. Now that he has
Read MoreFDA approves first fast-acting oral drug for clinical depression
Story at a glance A newly approved treatment for clinical depression is being hailed as a potential game changer for the millions of Americans who suffer from the condition. Auvelity, from Axsome Therapeutics, marks the first drug with a different mechanism of action approved for treating depression in 60 years. In clinical trials, pa
Read MoreUS, South Korea launch largest military drills in years amid tensions with North
The United States and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest joint military exercise in five years, drills that were put on pause during the Trump administration in an attempt to sway North Korea toward nuclear disarmament. The war games, now known as Ulchi Freedom Shield, are set to run until Sept. 1 and are the largest-scale exercises between Washington and Seoul since 2017. Neither side has released details of the drills, but past versions of the exercise have involved tens of thousands of troops as well as aircraft, tanks and warships. In a joi
Read MoreNearly all marine species face extinction if greenhouse emissions don't drop: study
Maintaining the status quo for greenhouse gas emissions could risk the extinction of up to 90 percent of marine species, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Researchers, led by ecologist Daniel Boyce of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, looked at some 25,000 species, including animals, plants, protozoans and bacteria. Under a high-emission scenario, they determined that nearly 90 percent of those spec
Read MoreCongress implies UFOs have non-human origins
In Congress, where legislation is drafted, debated and enacted, clear and concise definitions are of paramount importance. As military aircrews increasingly encounter unidentified flying objects (UFOs), lawmakers recently made several striking revisions to the definition of “UFO.” Key among them: The explosive implication that some UFOs have non-human origins. As first
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