Illinois passed a bill to shut down fossil fuel plants by 2045. https://electrek.co/2021/09/13/egeb-illinois-to-shut-all-fossil-fuel-plants-by-2045-and-invest-580m-a-year-in-renewables/
Archive for the ‘Government Agencies’ Category:
2021-09-13 Trump And National Debt
The debt during Trump was the third highest ever. << Economists agree that we needed massive deficit spending during the COVID-19 crisis to ward off an economic cataclysm, but federal finances under Trump had become dire even before the pandemic. >> https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump
2021-09-10 SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket
The Supreme Court’s shadow docket and its ramifications for the executive branch. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/31/supreme-court-us-cases-shadow-docket
2021-09-03 FTC Adopts Right To Repair, Etc.
FTC formally adopts Right To Repair platform. This applies to electronics, not just tractors. https://www.vice.com/en/article/k78xbn/ftc-formally-adopts-right-to-repair-platform
2021-09-02 Republicans Love Big Government
Republicans say they’re the party of limited government; Yet they want government to interfere with a woman’s choice and ban abortions. Republicans say they’re the party of limited government; Yet they want government to make it more difficult for voters to vote. Republicans say they’re the party of limited government; Yet they try to dictate
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2021-08-27 Mayor ++ Gets Court To Stop Texas Anti-mask Mandate
The mayor of San Antonio and others have taken Gov. Abbot to court and received a decision that blocks the governor’s anti-mask mandate order. After the mandate went into effect some school districts went ahead and made masks mandatory and the governor threatened to take them to court. That goes against common sense – masks
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2021-08-26 Europe’s $250+ Billion Nuclear Waste Bill
This article is from 2016. It says almost half of Europe’s NPPs are set to close “in the next decade” which would be by 2026, so essentially 5 years. The bill for nuclear waste disposal is more than half of the cost. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/04/europe-faces-253bn-nuclear-waste-bill Yet the article says the NPPs may be replaced. Today, now that
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2021-08-25 Powell, Other Lawyers Disciplinary Action
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell faces disciplinary action including fines for abusing the court. << “This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” Parker said in her decision, adding that the case “was never about fraud – it was about undermining the People’s faith in our democracy and debasing the judicial
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2021-08-19 Congressmen Who Objected To Electoral Votes
This is the list of congressmen who objected to the electoral vote count. Six senators and the rest representatives, all Republican. <<Trump’s Big Lie is a direct challenge to American Democracy. >> – Robert Reich https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/07/954380156/here-are-the-republicans-who-objected-to-the-electoral-college-count
2021-08-12 Green, Paul Suspended For False COVID
Sen Rand Paul and Marjorie Taylor Green were dinged by social media for spreading false COVID-19 vaccination information. << University of Minnesota Medical School’s Dr. Mark Schleiss told PolitiFact Greene and Paul were “promoting dangerous behaviors that will cost lives.” “These comments reflect a complete lack of perspective and understanding of simple scientific and medical
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