President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he would withdraw Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The announcement came one day after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) declared he would not vote for Raskin, a move many observers saw as the death knell for her nomination…
Biden Withdraws Raskin’s Fed Nomination After Manchin Shoots It Down
March 15, 2022
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NASA: Russia Not Planning to Leave US Astronaut in Space
Russia will pick up an American astronaut as scheduled later in the month and deliver him to a third country, U.S. space officials said on March 14. U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei is on the International Space Station along with several Russians and other spacefarers. “The reality is Mark Vande Hei is coming home on…
NASA Confirms US Astronaut Will Return on Russian Spacecraft Later This Month
Russia will pick up an American astronaut as scheduled later in the month and deliver him to a third country, U.S. space officials said on March 14. U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei is on the International Space Station along with several Russians and other spacefarers. “The reality is Mark Vande Hei is coming home on…
Multiple Geomagnetic Storms Expected to Hit Earth This Week, Scientists Say
The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a geomagnetic storm watch on March 13, noting that mild solar storms are expected to hit earth this week due to “possible effects from the arrival of coronal mass ejections on March 10.” Geomagnetic storms occur when a large burst of solar wind interferes with the Earth’s magnetic field….
Gasoline Prices Taper Off, Could Rise Again
Many areas are reporting marginally lower gas prices or flat gas prices over the weekend, following a stratospheric rise in fuel costs resulting from long-developing trends in the oil industry and the impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian war on the global fuel supply. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Enquirer reported that gas was down one cent per gallon…
Australian Billionaires Raise $210 Million For World’s Biggest Solar Project
Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes—Australia’s most vocal billionaires on climate change—have invested a further $210 million towards the world’s biggest intercontinental renewable power system. Sun Cable’s $30 billion Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) project had already received nearly $50 million from Forrest and Cannon Brookes in 2019 through their respective investment firms, Squadron Energy and Grok…
Giant Asian Invasive Spider Likely to Spread Along East Coast: Study
The Joro spider, an invasive arachnid species that is native to eastern Asia and first spread across Georgia in 2013, is expected to “colonize” through most of the East Coast, according to a new study. The good news is that the bright yellow spider, which is about the size of a child’s hand and has blue-black…
Manchin Nixes Raskin’s Fed Nomination Due to Her Stance on Energy
March 14, 2022
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has declared he will not vote for Sarah Bloom Raskin, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats in their effort to confirm Raskin as Vice Chair of Supervision for the Federal Reserve. “Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic…
Manchin Opposes Raskin’s Fed Nomination Over Her Stance on Energy
March 14, 2022
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has declared he won’t vote for Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, potentially dooming the confirmation efforts of President Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats. “Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic experts who are focused on the…
Australian Nuclear Waste Returns Home Recycled and Ready For Storage
Two tonnes of Australian radioactive waste, which was sent to the United Kingdom (UK) for recycling in 1996, has returned home after being extracted from uranium and contained in a safe storage vessel. Police, security authorities, and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO)—a federal agency that maintains nuclear safety—successfully retrieved recycled nuclear waste…
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