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More than a decade after its first introduction, a national green bank bill is back before Congress, with much more funding than previous versions proposed over the past two years and a far greater chance to be passed into law, its backers say.  On Wednesday, Democrats in Congress reintroduced the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Act. The bill would direct $100 billion to the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, a nonprofit entity tasked with making loans and investments i...

Business school graduates can earn well over six figures at a leading consulting firm.  Drawing from Management Consulteds 2021 salary report, we compiled a ranked list of the 17 highest-paying firms for MBA graduates.  Accenture, Ernst & Young (EY), and McKinsey are among the top firms offering hefty salaries.  Consultants are still earning hefty salaries despite the losses the industry has suffered during the pandemic.  The market for consultants shrunk from $160 billion to $132 billion ...

YouTube chief executive officer Susan Wojcicki highlighted the video service’s economic contributions in the midst of regulatory scrutiny over its market power and handling of misinformation.

Date Time Dana-Farber research supports FDA approval for immunotherapy combination in advanced kidney cancer Combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib found to significantly improve progression-free survival and reduced the risk of death versus sunitinib in previously untreated patients with advanced kidney cancer An immunotherapy agent combined with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug whose clinical testing as a first-line treatment in advanced kidney cancer was led by Toni K. Choueiri, MD, Direc...

Some of the Top Pharmaceutical Companies to Watch in New Year 2021 “Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive cancerous brain tumour in adults due to its resistance to therapy. Treatment usually involves surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Despite these intensive efforts, in most cases tumour cells regrow after treatment and the cancer recurs,” reports Science Daily. However, there may be a treatment option with the development of Berubicin, an anthracycline ...

Market Design for the Clean Energy Transition: Advancing Long-Term Approaches December 16, 2020 to December 17, 2020 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM WRI partnered with Resources for the Future to co-host a workshop aimed at advancing proposals for organized long-term electricity market designs. Rapid expansion of zero- and low-carbon generating capacity requires effective policy frameworks for both vertically integrated utilities and organized (restructured) electricity markets. A vibrant debate has emerged...

Times Guest Columnist   Climate change is the most serious long-term threat to this planet and Pennsylvania is a significant greenhouse gas producer.  The most important thing Pennsylvania can do right now to combat climate change is to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is a ten-state cap and trade program designed to reduce greenhouse emissions from the electric power sector. Legislative efforts threaten Pennsylvania’s attempt to join RGGI and these efforts must b...

by Chris Mooney (Washington Post) … And all of it is powered by an array of solar and sometimes distant wind installations, which route electricity across the country thanks to a gargantuan network of power lines that triples the scale of the United States’ current transmission infrastructure. You see them — the panels, the turbines, the lines — everywhere you drive, everywhere you go. By 2050, in President-elect Joe Biden’s vision of the country — even more ambitious than what the...

What you need to know A judge has ruled that Apple must hand over documents from Craig Federighi to Epic Games in its ongoing lawsuit with the company. Judge Hixson ruled in favor of Epic Games following a discovery hearing, Tuesday. A judge has ruled that Apple must make Craig Federighi available as a document custodian alongside Tim Cook in its ongoing lawsuit with Epic Games. At a discovery hearing Tuesday, Epic Games and Apple threw down over evidence in the upcoming trial over Apples App ...

NEW DELHI: Dec. 11 marked the first anniversary of the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India. However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which introduced the law with much fanfare, has failed to implement the legislation. Some experts suggest this is a result of “domestic and international political pressure.” “The BJP is trying to find a way out of the contradictions it finds itself in after (introducing) the CAA,” said Snigdhendhu Bhattacharya, a...