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It’s only three weeks until the annual UN climate conference takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. World leaders, civil society and business rep...

Scientists and campaigners are calling for the ocean to play a leading role in the political decisions made at COP28, and in national climate plans

STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU FirstEnergy will be ending its controversial monthly "decoupling" fee, which guarantees a profit for the company. Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) says getting rid of decoupling is another step towards dismantling provisions created in the scandal-plagued nuclear bailout law, HB6. The decoupling provision was created by 2019s sweeping energy bill, HB6, legislation thought to be at the center of a $61 million bribery scheme.  Yost, who’s challenging HB6 through a civ...

0:57 The decoupling provision was created by 2019s sweeping energy bill, HB6, legislation thought to be at the center of a $61 million bribery scheme. Yost, who’s challenging HB6 through a civil case with several Ohio cities, says decoupling was another example of FirstEnergy getting what it wanted through the alleged scandal. "We felt that was the fruit of the corrupt enterprise that was outlined in our complaint," Yost says. Yosts office had filed an injunction against the decoupling charge...