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Jul 07 2020
News
Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled after years of delays, accusations of environmental injustice
Ella Rose had returned home from church on Sunday, ready to settle in for the afternoon, when her phone rang. It was a friend, Chad Oba, delivering unexpected news: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the proposed multibillion-dollar project that had consumed their lives for the past six years, was no more.
It was officially canceled.
"My reaction was 'hallelujah,'" Rose, 76, recalled
NBC News DigitalApr 06 2020
Opinion
A pandemic is the wrong time to shut down NYC’s top source of electricity
The devastation being wrought by the coronavirus has underscored two undeniable facts. First: We were woefully unprepared for a black-swan event like this pandemic. Second: Modern society — our medical system, in particular — is completely dependent on the electric grid.
What if New York’s electric grid were to be hit by another black swan during the pandemic, triggering blackouts
New York Post (News)Feb 18 2021
News
Blackouts in Texas put a light on how to make energy choices
The Arctic cold snap that shut down power sources has forced Texans to rethink their own role in electricity supply.
Record cold temperatures in Texas that left millions of people without power have also sparked a heated debate over the state’s energy future. At first, the debate was merely finger-pointing. Why didn’t private utilities plan ahead for the Arctic snap? Could the state’s
Christian Science MonitorJul 22 2013
Opinion
John Boehner’s leadership failure
John Boehner’s appearance on Face the Nation yesterday continues to get attention over the Speaker’s claim that House Republicans “should not be judged by how many new laws we create,” but rather by “how many laws we repeal.” And that is useful confirmation of the true nature of the “post policy” posture of today’s GOP.
Washington PostMar 31 2020
Analysis
Law and Liberty in an Emergency
Pandemic in the land is putting strain on our self-image as a free people for whom the rule of law is our ne plus ultra.
Alas, when it gets down to brass tacks, even those two beacons, liberty and law, are as much in tension as in mutual need. It is by law that society restricts our freedom. On the other hand, as Burke observed, without the order that a just legal system ensures, there
National Review (News)Mar 12 2020
News
Trump restricts travel from Europe to fight spread of coronavirus
President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. would restrict travel from Europe for the next 30 days and use executive orders to offer financial relief to individuals and small businesses in his most extensive steps to date to address the crisis of the coronavirus.
Trump said the extraordinary restrictions would not apply to Great Britain, which formally left the European Union at the end
The HillJun 30 2019
News
Right-wing protesters, 'antifa' clashes bring chaos to streets of Portland, Oregon
Oregon's largest city was calm and quiet Sunday after a day of chaotic, competing protests that clogged Portland streets, crippled public transit and left at least eight people injured.
Police in riot gear broke up the demonstrations as clashes developed among law enforcers, anti-fascist "antifa" protesters and right-wing groups. Three people were charged with crimes ranging from
USA TODAYSep 21 2019
News
U.S. to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia, UAE after drone attacks on oil sites
The United States is deploying military forces to the Middle East after Saturday's drone attacks on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia that the administration of President Donald Trump has blamed on Iran.
"The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense," U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said at
NBC News DigitalSep 21 2019
News
Pentagon sending 'defensive' troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia after Iranian oil attack
The Pentagon is sending additional troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia in response to Iran's attack on Saudi oil facilities last weekend.
"The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which are primarily defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a surprise briefing Friday night. "We will also work to
Washington ExaminerSep 18 2019
News
How to be a human lie detector of fake news, according to the latest science
Fake news existed long before the internet.
In an essay on political lying in the early 18th century, the writer Jonathan Swift noted that "Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after it." You have to hire a train to pull the truth, explained English pastor Charles Spurgeon in the 19th century, while a lie is "light as a feather ... a breath will carry it."
Clearly, humans
CNN Digital