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Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China With help from Jesse Naranjo and Lorraine Woellert THE BIG IDEA Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly in May 2020. | Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP THE GEOPOLITICS OF RENEWABLES—It’s a dirty truth. The U.S path to clean energy goes straight through China. President Joe Biden’s plan to green the economy by 2035 will require cooperation from America’s largest trading partner, which controls a ...

2 Min Read (Reuters) - Two New York City pension funds voted to divest their portfolios of some $4 billion worth of fossil fuel company securities, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and fund trustees said on.nyc.gov/39ejxHM. “Fossil fuels are not only bad for our planet and our frontline communities, they are a bad investment,” said de Blasio in a statement on Monday. New York was among a dozen big cities worldwide that pledged to shift their money out of the fossil fuel ind...

Reply The divestment by city pension funds will be one of the largest in the world, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer said. (Getty Images/spooh) NEW YORK CITY — A $4 billion divestment from fossil fuels by New York City could be an asteroid headed toward the destructive dinosaur of fossil fuels. Or at least thats what Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer hope the citys upcoming divestment does for the fight against climate change. They announced the move Monda...

NYC to divest $4B from ‘fossil-fuel’ companies Shant Shahrigian City officials on Monday touted a planned divestment of roughly $4 billion in pension funds from “fossil-fuel” companies, though they declined to name the businesses in question. The New York City Employees’ Retirement System and the city Teachers’ Retirement System voted to sell off the securities, Mayor de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer announced. The New York City Board of Education Retirement ...

New Yorkers are getting to know the candidates as disembodied heads, with almost no opportunity to compare how they look standing next to one another.

Will NYC mayoral candidates’ height matter in the age of Zoom? © Provided by New York Daily News Scott Stringer, on Zoom. Pandemic-era TV and Zoom campaigning makes it hard for voters to take full measure of New York’s mayoral candidates: You can weigh their words and assess their style, but you can’t tell how tall they are. There’s evidence height is a factor in voters’ choices. In presidential contests from 1789 to 2016, the taller candidate won the popular vote 62% of the time, ...

arrow State Senator Gustavo Rivera at a Sunday press conference with mayoral candidates Scott Stringer and Dianne Morales on January 24th, 2021. Twitter/Scott Stringer In the first endorsement ranking candidates in the 2021 mayoral primary, Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera announced Sunday that hes backing both Comptroller Scott Stringer and former non-profit CEO Dianne Morales. Riveras top choice is Stringer, and his second pick is Morales—similar what New Yorkers will have...

After Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, his immediate focus will be getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and providing direct relief to Americans. In addition to immediate actions related to COVID-19, Biden’s Day 1 housing priorities include extending the federal nationwide moratorium on residential evictions through the end of September and sending an additional $25 billion in rental assistance to states. Down the road, Biden has propos...

Monday's also marked the first time the candidates shared the same stage in front of an in-person audience, as the Democratic primary kicks into high gear during the strange era of coronavirus.

The annual remembrance of MLK Jr.’s legacy at the National Action Network celebration features NYC mayoral candidates Shant Shahrigian © Luiz C. Ribeiro Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley is pictured at National Action Network (NAN) during the Annual Martin Luther King Day Public Policy Forum to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Following the deadly insurrection on Capitol Hill, this year’s forum will seek to use Dr. King’s teachings to combat hate and in...