Speaking at a wind industry conference held by the American Clean Power Association, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced plans by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to arrange seven offshore lease sales along the U.S.’ coastlines by 2025, in line with the Biden administration’s executive order, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home…
Interior Secretary Haaland Tells Wind Industry Wind Turbines May Soon Line US Coasts
October 14, 2021
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Interior Secretary Haaland Tells Wind Industry Wind Turbines May Soon Line U.S. Coasts
October 14, 2021
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Speaking at a wind industry conference held by the American Clean Power Association, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced plans by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to arrange seven offshore lease sales along the U.S.’ coastlines by 2025, in line with the Biden administration’s executive order, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home…
Bipartisan Group of US Senators Will Introduce a Bill to Reign in Big Tech
Chair of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday they will introduce an antitrust bill aimed at controlling discriminatory Big Tech practices. “As dominant digital platforms—some of the biggest companies our world has ever seen—increasingly give preference to their own products and…
Bipartisan Group of US Senators to Introduce Bill to Rein In Big Tech
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chair of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, and Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) say they will introduce an antitrust bill aimed to control discriminatory Big Tech practices. “As dominant digital platforms—some of the biggest companies our world has ever seen—increasingly give preference to their own products and services,…
GOP Asks Biden to Reverse ‘Anti-American Energy Policies’
In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, Republicans are asking the executive to reverse his “anti-American energy policies” in order to increase domestic energy production and meet the demands of Americans as gasoline and food prices continue to rise. Since taking office, Biden has distanced his administration from almost every policy endorsed by President…
US Officially Rejoins UN Human Rights Council 3 Years After Trump Pullout
October 14, 2021
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The United States is returning to the United Nations Human Rights Council more than three years after Trump administration quit the 47-member body that it had branded a “protector of human rights abusers.” The U.N. General Assembly on Oct. 14 elected the United States as one of 18 new members to the Geneva-based council in…
Democrats Introduce Bills to Abolish, Reform Debt Ceiling
Frustrated over Republicans stonewalling their efforts to raise the debt ceiling, Democrats in the House have introduced two bills that would abolish the debt ceiling or significantly reform it by placing it largely out of Congress’ jurisdiction. The two bills were introduced by Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) and contain two separate approaches to the debt…
G-7 Finance Officials Endorse Policy Principles for Central Bank Digital Currencies
October 14, 2021
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G-7 finance officials endorsed 13 public policy principles for central bank digital currencies (CBDC) on Wednesday, noting that while electronic cash could support inclusion and innovation in an increasingly digital economy, the currencies also raise important questions regarding policy and regulation. The G-7 countries consist of Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy,…
Are 28,500 US Troops Enough to Stop North Korea Invading South Korea?; North Korea’s Latest Missile Launch
October 13, 2021
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Veteran Middle East and Asia correspondent Donald Kirk says the “Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act,” recently proposed to Congress, could represent anything but peace for South Korea. North Korea would only agree to officially ending the Korean War on condition of the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea, he says. Even with…
Some School Board Associations Denounce National Board Group’s Letter Over Threats
Some state school board associations are challenging the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) recent letter to President Joe Biden. The NSBA compared parents to domestic terrorists and called for the president to direct the federal government to “deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation.” Several days later,…
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