Blocked — EPA tossed its pollution models, allowing another agency to make its own instead. Tim De Chant – Apr 21, 2021 7:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.The Trump administration effectively muffled scientific staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency when it rewrote automobile pollution rules, the agency’s watchdog said. When drafting…
Never mind — New deal requires Foxconn to create 1,454 jobs—down from 13,000 in the original. Timothy B. Lee – Apr 21, 2021 7:40 pm UTC Enlarge / A view of a room in a Foxconn facility at the Wisconsin Valley Science and Technology Park June 28, 2018 in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. (Photo by Brendan…
FILE PHOTO: A drone flies over downtown during a NASA demonstration on the testing of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) platform in Reno, Nevada, U.S., May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Bob StrongWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that final rules announced in December took effect on Wednesday allowing for small drones to…
A medical staff member works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at ELSAN’s private hospital Clinique Oceane in Vannes, France, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane MaheFrance on Wednesday reported 34,968 new coronavirus cases, up 4.36% compared to last Wednesday, in the lowest week-on-week increase since mid-March…
Demonstrators march during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Anton VaganovMore than 250 people demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin free jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, chanting “Freedom to Navalny” outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday.Navalny has become the leader of the…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 14, 2021. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoThe Biden administration is working with Congress to provide nearly $300 million in civilian aid to Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, funds the Trump administration conditioned…
Hazel Bryant reacts after her niece, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse State investigators in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday were probing the fatal police shooting of a Black teenage girl in a confrontation caught on body-camera footage that appeared to show her…
Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesBrazil is seeing a drop in COVID-19 cases including in the hard-hit Amazon region but the relaxation of measures by…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom BrennerThe White House is still putting the finishing touches on its plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ahead of a summit this week with world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s…
