11 minutes
El Estado debe asegurar el derecho a una vivienda asequible para todos.
El Estado debe asegurar el derecho a una vivienda asequible para todos.
15 minutes
There are many places in the city that provide free gun locks. Gun locks are a vital tool in preventing firearm-related deaths and injuries. The post Updated resources for free gun locks in Milwaukee appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
There are many places in the city that provide free gun locks. Gun locks are a vital tool in preventing firearm-related deaths and injuries. The post Updated resources for free gun locks in Milwaukee appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
16 minutes
Corporate media downplay or ignore the white nationalism, regressive gender ideals and economic inequality driving the "pronatalist" narrative.
Corporate media downplay or ignore the white nationalism, regressive gender ideals and economic inequality driving the "pronatalist" narrative.
17 minutes
在美國總統特朗普計畫於5月中訪華與中國國家主席習近平會晤之前，法國周刊《快報》國際組主任西里爾·普呂耶特專訪美國學者劉宗媛指出，行事乖張、動輒訴諸武力的美國，正通過擾亂國際秩序和全球經濟，威脅着中國的崛起之路。
17 minutes
在美國總統特朗普計畫於5月中訪華與中國國家主席習近平會晤之前，法國周刊《快報》國際組主任西里爾·普呂耶特專訪美國學者劉宗媛指出，行事乖張、動輒訴諸武力的美國，正通過擾亂國際秩序和全球經濟，威脅着中國的崛起之路。
17 minutes
在美国总统特朗普计划于5月中访华与中国国家主席习近平会晤之前，法国周刊《快报》国际组主任西里尔·普吕耶特专访美国学者刘宗媛指出，行事乖张、动辄诉诸武力的美国，正通过扰乱国际秩序和全球经济，威胁着中国的崛起之路。
17 minutes
在美国总统特朗普计划于5月中访华与中国国家主席习近平会晤之前，法国周刊《快报》国际组主任西里尔·普吕耶特专访美国学者刘宗媛指出，行事乖张、动辄诉诸武力的美国，正通过扰乱国际秩序和全球经济，威胁着中国的崛起之路。
17 minutes
The United States said Thursday that South Sudan is not prepared to hold credible elections, The post US says South Sudan’s election preparation ‘minimal to non-existent’ appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.
The United States said Thursday that South Sudan is not prepared to hold credible elections, The post US says South Sudan’s election preparation ‘minimal to non-existent’ appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.
19 minutes
The Sierra Club plans to sue the EPA for missing a deadline to determine whether Southeast Michigan meets federal ozone standards, as new monitoring data shows air quality may be worsening across the region.
The Sierra Club plans to sue the EPA for missing a deadline to determine whether Southeast Michigan meets federal ozone standards, as new monitoring data shows air quality may be worsening across the region.
20 minutes
En contraposición a los treinta y siete años de gobiernos socialistas en el Palacio de San Telmo, la derecha vive el momento más dulce de su historia en Andalucía.
En contraposición a los treinta y siete años de gobiernos socialistas en el Palacio de San Telmo, la derecha vive el momento más dulce de su historia en Andalucía.
22 minutes
美國五角大樓周五（5月1日）宣布，已與七家全球領先的人工智能（AI）公司達成協議，進行合作。
22 minutes
美國五角大樓周五（5月1日）宣布，已與七家全球領先的人工智能（AI）公司達成協議，進行合作。
22 minutes
美国五角大楼周五（5月1日）宣布，已与七家全球领先的人工智能（AI）公司达成协议，进行合作。
22 minutes
美国五角大楼周五（5月1日）宣布，已与七家全球领先的人工智能（AI）公司达成协议，进行合作。
23 minutes
Despite efforts in the final days of the session, the bill to bring the bond before voters failed to pass.
Despite efforts in the final days of the session, the bill to bring the bond before voters failed to pass.
25 minutes
It’s been almost a year since state lawmakers met in Salem for a six-month legislative session and failed to update the Oregon Department of Transportation’s revenue streams. That legislative session resulted in two failed attempts to pass transportation funding bills, followed by a special session months later, when Democrats finally had the votes needed to […]
It’s been almost a year since state lawmakers met in Salem for a six-month legislative session and failed to update the Oregon Department of Transportation’s revenue streams. That legislative session resulted in two failed attempts to pass transportation funding bills, followed by a special session months later, when Democrats finally had the votes needed to […]
34 minutes
(The Center Square) – Energy is big business in Pennsylvania. Its storied fossil fuel reserves have kept utility bills lower and the regional power grid more stable for the better part of a century. That’s remained key as states opt for lower-emission power sources, which have so far relied on fledgling technologies not yet able to keep the lights on with batteries, solar panels and wind turbines alone. A new report from the Commonwealth Foundation concludes it could have been even bigger business had state regulators not spent the last six years “flirting” with a carbon tax program called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the success of which many critics say relies on the fossil fuels it means to curb. For the program’s most ardent supporters, the transition away from coal and gas must start somewhere. And, to them, a 50% reduction in emissions and $6 billion in revenue over the last 18 years isn’t a bad one. “The Keystone State’s six-year on-again, off-again relationship with RGGI is a cautionary tale for other states, such as Virginia,” said Elizabeth Stelle, vice president of policy for the Commonwealth Foundation. “RGGI is a carbon tax in sheep’s clothing, toppling the energy future of every state it touches.” RGGI, as the program is often referred to, profits from reductions in harmful emissions by charging generators for the air pollution they create, measured in carbon dioxide. Across 12 states in the mid-Atlantic and New England, power plants and industrial sites buy an ever-decreasing number of emissions “credits” at the program’s annual auction to cover that anticipated pollution. Those credit prices have risen sharply since RGGI’s first auction in 2008, and because of the balance needed between fossil fuels and renewable power, the program has put financial pressure on the entire grid, leaving utility companies – and by extension, ratepayers – scrambling to make up the difference. Sometimes relief comes from RGGI-funded bill-reduction programs administered by participating states. Or the proliferation of more efficient renewable sources, supported by government taxpayer-funded subsidies, that require less support from gas and coal. In recent years, it’s been the pooling of smart thermostats, rooftop solar panels, and battery storage to compensate consumers for lower electricity usage. And yes, it’s been rate increases too. But if not for Pennsylvania, where 25% of the regional power grid’s electricity is sourced, conventional wisdom has long held that those hikes could have been far steeper. Which is why former two-term Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2019 executive order adding Pennsylvania to the RGGI program triggered a six-year regulatory war with lawmakers to stop it before it ever happened. The foundation, a conservative policy group based in Harrisburg, was among the loudest critics – behind legislative Republicans, with whom the organization typically aligns – of the proposal, citing quadrupled energy costs and a $5 billion investment shortfall, according to its report. In terms of raw numbers, the chilling effect of potentially joining RGGI is stark. Between 2013 and 2018, 73% of proposed power projects in the commonwealth became operational. After regulators set their sights on RGGI in 2019, that conversion rate collapsed to 9%. By comparison, the rate for Ohio – a non-RGGI state with a wealth of fossil fuel plants – declined much more slowly, from 62% to 48%, in part due to falling gas prices. “Unfortunately, that loss is not shocking,” Stelle said. “While Pennsylvania debated, litigated, and delayed over carbon tax policy, Ohio provided developers with a predictable regulatory environment to commit billions in capital. Projects that might have started in Pennsylvania went to Ohio or never came to fruition.” Losing to “friggin’ Ohio” has jokingly been a thorn in the side of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro since he took office in 2023, even calling out the Buckeye State’s competitive economic policies during his first budget address to the General Assembly. Shapiro, on the campaign trail, expressed his doubts about RGGI, though he continued the Wolf administration’s legal fight to make Pennsylvania participate for two more years, only dropping it as part of a four-month-late budget deal this past November. RGGI detractors say taxing generators would not just make it less profitable to build new power plants. It would raise energy costs for everyone by accelerating the closure of long-serving facilities, reducing supply, and raising electricity prices. Shapiro, too, worries about affordability and instability, though he’s pointed the finger at PJM, the organization that manages the power grid, and at its lengthy planning process. He even filed complaints with federal regulators to force the organization to lower electricity price caps, temporarily preventing a 30% spike for ratepayers. He’s even threatened, more than once, to decouple the state from the grid and “go it alone” – an unprecedented move that could undo a century of cooperation. It hasn’t come to that yet. Instead, Shapiro has lobbied the General Assembly to act on his state-centric Lightning Plan to quadruple wind and solar power over the decade – and still limit emissions from larger plants. Stelle said doing so would double residential electricity bills. “Affordable, reliable energy is not achieved through Green New Deal-style mandates and burdensome regulation,” she said. “It happens naturally when we pursue policies that welcome the investment its grid desperately needs, letting Pennsylvania’s rich energy sector do what it does best.” In the eyes of some, air pollution is what the energy industry does best. In 2020, federal data ranked Pennsylvania fourth nationwide for carbon emissions, and estimates suggest that 1% of global greenhouse gas pollution comes from the commonwealth alone. Supporters of programs like RGGI often point to the dual impacts of reduced emissions and investment in renewable technology as key to their value for an energy-rich state like Pennsylvania. A 2023 report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania concluded that RGGI participation would have reduced the state’s electricity-sector emissions by 84% in 2030, compared to roughly 52% without it. It could have been achieved without raising utility bills or decimating energy exports, according to the report. Researchers said wind and solar generation would have softened the impact of lost natural gas production and retail electricity prices will actually decline 0.6% by the time the RGGI cap zeroes out in 2040. Shapiro’s state-based plans – the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard and the Pennsylvania Climate Emissions Reduction Act, PRESS and PACER for short – similarly broaden the mix of energy providers so that the power grid isn’t sustained primarily by fossil fuels. This time, however, 70% of the money recovered from state-imposed emissions caps would support bill-reduction programs. And, based on modeling from Synapse Energy Economics that was commissioned by the state Department of Environmental Protection last year, it would lower residential bills by $1 per month. What’s not entirely clear is how rapid data center development would collide with such policy, if it were to be implemented. More than 50 proposals are pending across the state, and their economic viability could falter if the state recommits to carbon taxing programs.
(The Center Square) – Energy is big business in Pennsylvania. Its storied fossil fuel reserves have kept utility bills lower and the regional power grid more stable for the better part of a century. That’s remained key as states opt for lower-emission power sources, which have so far relied on fledgling technologies not yet able to keep the lights on with batteries, solar panels and wind turbines alone. A new report from the Commonwealth Foundation concludes it could have been even bigger business had state regulators not spent the last six years “flirting” with a carbon tax program called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the success of which many critics say relies on the fossil fuels it means to curb. For the program’s most ardent supporters, the transition away from coal and gas must start somewhere. And, to them, a 50% reduction in emissions and $6 billion in revenue over the last 18 years isn’t a bad one. “The Keystone State’s six-year on-again, off-again relationship with RGGI is a cautionary tale for other states, such as Virginia,” said Elizabeth Stelle, vice president of policy for the Commonwealth Foundation. “RGGI is a carbon tax in sheep’s clothing, toppling the energy future of every state it touches.” RGGI, as the program is often referred to, profits from reductions in harmful emissions by charging generators for the air pollution they create, measured in carbon dioxide. Across 12 states in the mid-Atlantic and New England, power plants and industrial sites buy an ever-decreasing number of emissions “credits” at the program’s annual auction to cover that anticipated pollution. Those credit prices have risen sharply since RGGI’s first auction in 2008, and because of the balance needed between fossil fuels and renewable power, the program has put financial pressure on the entire grid, leaving utility companies – and by extension, ratepayers – scrambling to make up the difference. Sometimes relief comes from RGGI-funded bill-reduction programs administered by participating states. Or the proliferation of more efficient renewable sources, supported by government taxpayer-funded subsidies, that require less support from gas and coal. In recent years, it’s been the pooling of smart thermostats, rooftop solar panels, and battery storage to compensate consumers for lower electricity usage. And yes, it’s been rate increases too. But if not for Pennsylvania, where 25% of the regional power grid’s electricity is sourced, conventional wisdom has long held that those hikes could have been far steeper. Which is why former two-term Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2019 executive order adding Pennsylvania to the RGGI program triggered a six-year regulatory war with lawmakers to stop it before it ever happened. The foundation, a conservative policy group based in Harrisburg, was among the loudest critics – behind legislative Republicans, with whom the organization typically aligns – of the proposal, citing quadrupled energy costs and a $5 billion investment shortfall, according to its report. In terms of raw numbers, the chilling effect of potentially joining RGGI is stark. Between 2013 and 2018, 73% of proposed power projects in the commonwealth became operational. After regulators set their sights on RGGI in 2019, that conversion rate collapsed to 9%. By comparison, the rate for Ohio – a non-RGGI state with a wealth of fossil fuel plants – declined much more slowly, from 62% to 48%, in part due to falling gas prices. “Unfortunately, that loss is not shocking,” Stelle said. “While Pennsylvania debated, litigated, and delayed over carbon tax policy, Ohio provided developers with a predictable regulatory environment to commit billions in capital. Projects that might have started in Pennsylvania went to Ohio or never came to fruition.” Losing to “friggin’ Ohio” has jokingly been a thorn in the side of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro since he took office in 2023, even calling out the Buckeye State’s competitive economic policies during his first budget address to the General Assembly. Shapiro, on the campaign trail, expressed his doubts about RGGI, though he continued the Wolf administration’s legal fight to make Pennsylvania participate for two more years, only dropping it as part of a four-month-late budget deal this past November. RGGI detractors say taxing generators would not just make it less profitable to build new power plants. It would raise energy costs for everyone by accelerating the closure of long-serving facilities, reducing supply, and raising electricity prices. Shapiro, too, worries about affordability and instability, though he’s pointed the finger at PJM, the organization that manages the power grid, and at its lengthy planning process. He even filed complaints with federal regulators to force the organization to lower electricity price caps, temporarily preventing a 30% spike for ratepayers. He’s even threatened, more than once, to decouple the state from the grid and “go it alone” – an unprecedented move that could undo a century of cooperation. It hasn’t come to that yet. Instead, Shapiro has lobbied the General Assembly to act on his state-centric Lightning Plan to quadruple wind and solar power over the decade – and still limit emissions from larger plants. Stelle said doing so would double residential electricity bills. “Affordable, reliable energy is not achieved through Green New Deal-style mandates and burdensome regulation,” she said. “It happens naturally when we pursue policies that welcome the investment its grid desperately needs, letting Pennsylvania’s rich energy sector do what it does best.” In the eyes of some, air pollution is what the energy industry does best. In 2020, federal data ranked Pennsylvania fourth nationwide for carbon emissions, and estimates suggest that 1% of global greenhouse gas pollution comes from the commonwealth alone. Supporters of programs like RGGI often point to the dual impacts of reduced emissions and investment in renewable technology as key to their value for an energy-rich state like Pennsylvania. A 2023 report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania concluded that RGGI participation would have reduced the state’s electricity-sector emissions by 84% in 2030, compared to roughly 52% without it. It could have been achieved without raising utility bills or decimating energy exports, according to the report. Researchers said wind and solar generation would have softened the impact of lost natural gas production and retail electricity prices will actually decline 0.6% by the time the RGGI cap zeroes out in 2040. Shapiro’s state-based plans – the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard and the Pennsylvania Climate Emissions Reduction Act, PRESS and PACER for short – similarly broaden the mix of energy providers so that the power grid isn’t sustained primarily by fossil fuels. This time, however, 70% of the money recovered from state-imposed emissions caps would support bill-reduction programs. And, based on modeling from Synapse Energy Economics that was commissioned by the state Department of Environmental Protection last year, it would lower residential bills by $1 per month. What’s not entirely clear is how rapid data center development would collide with such policy, if it were to be implemented. More than 50 proposals are pending across the state, and their economic viability could falter if the state recommits to carbon taxing programs.
35 minutes
Reducir carne sin prohibiciones, comer más vegetal sin perder sabor ni placer: la dieta flexitariana redefine la forma de alimentarnos hoy.
Reducir carne sin prohibiciones, comer más vegetal sin perder sabor ni placer: la dieta flexitariana redefine la forma de alimentarnos hoy.
35 minutes
Une augmentation de près de 48% en France, quasiment autant au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne, voire même de 67% en Italie pour le seul mois de mars : les ventes de véhicules électriques s'envolent en Europe depuis le début de l'année, portées notamment par la flambée des prix des hydrocarbures. Mais ces bons résultats sont à relativiser à la fois au regard du marché automobile global et à des situations très hétérogènes à travers le monde.
Une augmentation de près de 48% en France, quasiment autant au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne, voire même de 67% en Italie pour le seul mois de mars : les ventes de véhicules électriques s'envolent en Europe depuis le début de l'année, portées notamment par la flambée des prix des hydrocarbures. Mais ces bons résultats sont à relativiser à la fois au regard du marché automobile global et à des situations très hétérogènes à travers le monde.
36 minutes
اعمال تعرفههای جدید آمریکا بر خودروهای اروپایی
اعمال تعرفههای جدید آمریکا بر خودروهای اروپایی
40 minutes
Two Florida Democratic members of Congress who have seen their districts radically altered by the newly approved congressional redistricting map this week said Friday that they intend to run again this fall. Tampa Bay’s Kathy Castor and South Florida’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz are among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents following legislative passage of Gov. Ron […]
40 minutes
Two Florida Democratic members of Congress who have seen their districts radically altered by the newly approved congressional redistricting map this week said Friday that they intend to run again this fall. Tampa Bay’s Kathy Castor and South Florida’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz are among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents following legislative passage of Gov. Ron […]
41 minutes
(The Center Square) — New Jersey is violating federal law by allowing "illegal aliens" to pay lower in-state tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities, the Department of Justice claims in a new lawsuit. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court Thursday, asks a judge to invalidate New Jersey laws that require colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates for immigrants who have established residency in the state, regardless of their immigration status. Federal prosecutors say the laws deprive U.S. citizens of opportunities for lower tuition rates, scholarships and other assistance. "Congress made a legislative judgment that illegal aliens in our nation cannot receive resident tuition benefits that are denied to U.S. citizens residing in other states," the DOJ wrote in the 22-page complaint. There are no exceptions. Yet New Jersey has ignored this legislative command for over a decade." The complaint stems from a 2013 law that extended eligibility for in-state tuition benefits at New Jersey post-secondary education institutions to residents of the state, regardless of their immigration status, allowing them to pay substantially lower tuition rates than U.S. citizens from other states. Other New Jersey laws and regulations make immigrants eligible for in-state tuition, grants, scholarships, and financial assistance to "illegal aliens," the DOJ said. "These statutes blatantly discriminate in favor of illegal aliens over U.S. citizens from other states," the DOJ wrote. "Worse, such preferential treatment is squarely prohibited and preempted by Congress." DOJ lawyers pointed to the wide disparities between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. At the prestigious Rutgers University, New Jersey residents pay $14,933 a year for tuition, while non-New Jersey residents $35,758. Montclair State University charges New Jersey residents $15,678 a year for tuition while charging out-of-state students $26,394, according to the DOJ's lawsuit. "Imagine being denied the opportunity of education in your own country," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement. "By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, the state of New Jersey is doing just that." There was no immediate response from New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, whose office will be defending the state against the legal challenge. In the lawsuit, the DOJ said New Jersey law and other similar laws that offer in-state tuition to immigrants "unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates, scholarships, or subsidies, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal immigrants with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for, all in direct conflict with federal law. "This is a simple matter of federal law: in New Jersey and nationwide, colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens," Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division said in a statement. "This Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country."
(The Center Square) — New Jersey is violating federal law by allowing "illegal aliens" to pay lower in-state tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities, the Department of Justice claims in a new lawsuit. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court Thursday, asks a judge to invalidate New Jersey laws that require colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates for immigrants who have established residency in the state, regardless of their immigration status. Federal prosecutors say the laws deprive U.S. citizens of opportunities for lower tuition rates, scholarships and other assistance. "Congress made a legislative judgment that illegal aliens in our nation cannot receive resident tuition benefits that are denied to U.S. citizens residing in other states," the DOJ wrote in the 22-page complaint. There are no exceptions. Yet New Jersey has ignored this legislative command for over a decade." The complaint stems from a 2013 law that extended eligibility for in-state tuition benefits at New Jersey post-secondary education institutions to residents of the state, regardless of their immigration status, allowing them to pay substantially lower tuition rates than U.S. citizens from other states. Other New Jersey laws and regulations make immigrants eligible for in-state tuition, grants, scholarships, and financial assistance to "illegal aliens," the DOJ said. "These statutes blatantly discriminate in favor of illegal aliens over U.S. citizens from other states," the DOJ wrote. "Worse, such preferential treatment is squarely prohibited and preempted by Congress." DOJ lawyers pointed to the wide disparities between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. At the prestigious Rutgers University, New Jersey residents pay $14,933 a year for tuition, while non-New Jersey residents $35,758. Montclair State University charges New Jersey residents $15,678 a year for tuition while charging out-of-state students $26,394, according to the DOJ's lawsuit. "Imagine being denied the opportunity of education in your own country," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement. "By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, the state of New Jersey is doing just that." There was no immediate response from New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, whose office will be defending the state against the legal challenge. In the lawsuit, the DOJ said New Jersey law and other similar laws that offer in-state tuition to immigrants "unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates, scholarships, or subsidies, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal immigrants with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for, all in direct conflict with federal law. "This is a simple matter of federal law: in New Jersey and nationwide, colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens," Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division said in a statement. "This Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country."
44 minutes
والاستریت ژورنال: راهبرد چند دههای جمهوری اسلامی علیه آمریکا شکست خورد
والاستریت ژورنال: راهبرد چند دههای جمهوری اسلامی علیه آمریکا شکست خورد
45 minutes
Plus: Food Security Day and NAACP Advocacy Day at the Capitol, public alerts for sewage spills and human trafficking notices.
Plus: Food Security Day and NAACP Advocacy Day at the Capitol, public alerts for sewage spills and human trafficking notices.