Sotomayor: If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assasinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?...
The Supreme Court appeared poised to reject Donald Trump’s sweeping claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of trying to subvert the 2020 election, but in a way that is likely to significantly delay his stalled election-interference trial in D.C.
They’re not ready to do it except in limited-scale demonstration projects — they’re promoting the idea of a transition to hydrogen as a means of creating social permission to keep on burning the largely-methane gas that has been pumped through the pipes for decades.
Carbon capture is a lot more expensive than replacing a coal-burning power plant with renewables and storage, which means those will largely be what replaces coal-burning power plants.
It’s too late to have no identifiable impact, but absolutely not too late to stabilize temperatures — every 1/10 of a degree matters, and it’s better that we do it now than wait until we’ve burned every last bit of coal, oil, and gas.
The fight over the future of plastics: As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image. (www.nytimes.com)
F.C.C. Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules | Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water. (www.nytimes.com)
Environment groups accuse MasterChef Australia of greenwashing after gas sponsorship deals unveiled (www.theguardian.com)
Heavy precipitation hitting vulnerable communities in the UAE and Oman becoming an increasing threat as the climate warms – World Weather Attribution (www.worldweatherattribution.org)
Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines: The Biden administration has expressed alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded (www.nytimes.com)
Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again | REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down (www.nytimes.com)
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Pinning down climate change's role in extreme weather (www.theclimatebrink.com)
A New Battery Warns Parents if Their Child Has Swallowed It (www.nytimes.com)
Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes (www.nytimes.com)
Live Updates: Tabloid Publisher Resumes Testimony in Trump Trial (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute 'Official' Presidential Act (www.rollingstone.com)
Sotomayor: If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military to assasinate him, is that within his official acts to which he has immunity?...
Frontier myth vilified the California grizzly. Science tells a new story. (wapo.st)
Gas companies tell us mixing gas and hydrogen is a climate solution. New research shows it's not (www.nationalobserver.com)
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New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down (www.theguardian.com)
Carbon capture is a lot more expensive than replacing a coal-burning power plant with renewables and storage, which means those will largely be what replaces coal-burning power plants.
We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized | Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast. (www.vox.com)
Live Updates: Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction Is Overturned by New York’s Top Court (www.nytimes.com)