Policymakers in Washington are promoting electric vehicles as a solution to climate change. But an uncomfortable truth remains: Battery-powered cars are much too expensive for a vast majority of Americans. Congress has begun trying to address that problem. The climate and energy package passed on Sunday by the Senate, the …
Read More »Climate and Tax Bill Scales Crucial Senate Hurdle, Paving Path to Passage
WASHINGTON — A divided Senate took a crucial step on Saturday toward approving Democrats’ plan to tackle climate change, bring down health care costs and raise taxes on large corporations, with a test vote that paved the way to enact a significant piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda in the …
Read More »Why Australia’s Climate Bill Matters
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. CANBERRA, Australia — For as long as I’ve been in Australia, climate change policy has stymied governments, leading to division, inaction and embarrassment, most recently as the country became a global laggard …
Read More »Kyrsten Caves: Sinema Agrees to Move Forward on Democrats’ Massive Tax Hike/Global Warming Bill
After securing previously requested provisions, Senator Kyrsten Sinema said she will move forward with Democrats on their massive climate change spending and tax hike bill, humorously dubbed the ‘Inflation Reduction Act.’ Sinema’s announcement comes after Democrat Senator Joe Manchin similarly buckled, reaching a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. And, …
Read More »Barack Obama Pays Tribute To NBA Legend And Civil Rights Activist Bill Russell
Former President Obama paid tribute to civil rights activist and NBA legend Bill Russell who passed away at age 88. Obama said: Bill Russell’s basketball career and accomplishments will never be touched. Michael Jordan and LeBron James combined have not won as many championships as Bill Russell. As immense as …
Read More »Could Kyrsten Sinema Single-Handedly Sink The Dem’s Massive Tax Hike/Global Warming Bill?
Once again, Americans are relying on so-called “moderate” Democrats to help them fend off even more economic disaster. This time, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) could be the lone holdout and torpedo the massive tax hike and climate change bill recently announced by Democrats. After fellow “moderate” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) …
Read More »Climate Bill ‘Transformative’ for Auto and Energy Industries
“A big swath of middle-class Americans will be able to get this credit that otherwise would have been blocked out because of the credit limit,” said Joe Britton, executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, whose members include Tesla as well as makers of charging equipment, suppliers of battery …
Read More »Your Thursday Briefing: U.S. Senate Passes Semiconductor Bill
We’re covering the U.S. Senate’s passage of a major industrial policy bill and Japan’s difficulties handling its monkey population. U.S. Senate passes $280 billion bill to counter China In rare bipartisan fashion, the U.S. Senate passed an expansive $280 billion bill aimed at building up America’s manufacturing and technological edge …
Read More »Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Considered Dead on Arrival, Gains New Life
WASHINGTON — It began for Democrats as a messaging vote, an election-year political maneuver to show voters that they were doing everything possible to protect marriage equality in the face of new threats from a conservative Supreme Court — and a move to force Republicans to put their opposition on …
Read More »Senate passes Nigerian Start-up Bill, others
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on ICT and Cyber Security. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Oseni Yakubu (APC – Kogi Central), in his presentation, said the bill seeks to provide for the establishment of the National Council for Digital Innovation and …
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