California’s low carbon fuel standard hearing delayed
News California’s low carbon fuel standard hearing delayed The California Clean Air Resources Board has postponed a mid-March hearing to consider amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. U.S. ethanol groups submitted comments earlier this week on the proposal, which would set sustainability requirements for biofuel feedstocks in California. Renewable Fuels Association Senior Vice […]
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Activists demand Winston-Salem city council call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war, as renewed international pressure mounts – Old Gold & Black | #citycouncil
At Monday night’s bi-monthly City Council meeting, approximately a dozen protesters erupted after the public comment period, chanting “cease-fire now” as council members filed into a scheduled closed session. The four-minute-long demonstration followed the 30-minute public comment — a specified part of the monthly agenda in which members of the public can speak before the […]
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Vignarajah challenges Mayor Scott’s management of $641M pandemic aid
Mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah argued Thursday that Mayor Brandon Scott has gravely mismanaged Baltimore’s influx of $641 million in federal pandemic aid, handing out multi-million dollar grants to political allies while risking forfeiture of funds as federal spending deadlines loom. Scott, a first-term Democrat, has distributed the city’s hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic […]
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‘Another hot potato’: Alabama’s IVF ruling risks political, legal backlash | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
“It certainly intersects, badly, with general election politics for Republicans,” said Stan Barnes, a political consultant and former Republican state senator in Arizona. “When a state, any state, takes an aggressive action on this particular topic, people are once again made aware of it and many think: ‘Maybe I can’t support a Republican in the […]
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Biden meets Alexei Navalny’s widow and daughter in California
President Biden on Thursday met in California with the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition figure whose sudden death in jail last week is being blamed on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya in San Francisco, expressing condolences for Navalny’s death, the White House said in […]
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EPA announces $53.099 million in water infrastructure grants for Arkansas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $53.099 million for Arkansas to implement drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The money is from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The money will be used to support essential water infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies across the state. Almost half of this […]
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A Test of Electoral Reform | #alaska | #politics
Imagine a voting system that promises to amplify the voices of the many over the few, aiming to ensure that elected officials are chosen by a majority rather than a simple plurality. In Alaska, such a system — ranked-choice voting — is currently under fire, challenging the very principles it seeks to protect. The latest […]
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California’s Approach to PFAS Regulation Creates Compliance Challenges | BakerHostetler
Key Takeaways: California has several new consumer product regulations for PFAS coming into effect in 2024-2025 that are the strictest in the country California’s numerical limits on fluorine content in products create distinct compliance challenges Proposition 65 and other private attorney general actions are likely to continue to drive PFAS litigation in the Golden State […]
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Biden meets Alexei Navalny widow, daughter during California trip
US News By Samuel Chamberlain Published Feb. 22, 2024 Updated Feb. 22, 2024, 4:58 p.m. ET President Biden met Thursday with the widow and daughter of Russian activist Alexei Navalny, six days following the announcement of his death in an Arctic prison. POTUS/X President Biden met Thursday in California with the widow and daughter of […]
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Bainbridge city council declines further comment on primate facility, hears alcoholic beverage license requests and more – The Post-Searchlight | #citycouncil
Bainbridge city council declines further comment on primate facility, hears alcoholic beverage license requests and more Published 5:13 pm Thursday, February 22, 2024 The Bainbridge city council chambers were packed again on Tuesday evening, with residents bringing signs and stickers protesting Safer Human Medicine’s (SHM) planned primate facility. Following the invocation, pledge and approval of […]
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