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POLITICO Get the West Wing Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber , your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Payne Whi...

The oil giant’s unexpected boardroom defeat by an activist investor hinged on a few key moments.

Powers On... is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches a course on “Blockchain, Crypto and Regulatory Considerations.” These past few weeks have been tumultuous, especially for newbies to the crypto market. First, on May 8, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesl...

A breakthrough for U.S. wind power After long delays, the nation’s first big offshore project has won approval May 12, 2021Updated 12:39 p.m. ET Also this week: California’s new rule to cut smog, a very powerful set of interactive maps and a climate activist who found strength in adversity. Image Wind turbines near Block Island, R.I., one of only two offshore wind farms operating in the United States.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times By Lisa Friedman The Biden administration has p...

POLITICO Get the California Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Facebook THE BUZZ: Like a political Santa Claus, Gov. Gavin Newsom is doling out daily arguments this week for why California...

Macy’s Outlines Ambitious Plan for Herald Square Last Updated This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of Here’s what you need to know: Macy’s wants to build an office tower atop its Herald Square location.Credit...FXCollaborative Macy’s is proposing the construction of a commercial office tower on top of its flagship Herald Square store in New York as part of a broader redevelopment plan that would aim to improve the surrounding area and its subway stations. The...

A new rule in California could help curb emissions at e-commerce warehouses. The Los Angeles area has the nation’s largest concentration of warehouses, contributing to some of the worst air pollution in the country.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York Times May 10, 2021 The South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California on Friday adopted a rule that would force about 3,000 of the largest warehouses in the area to slash emissions from the trucks that serve the site or ta...

Congress and the Biden administration are taking action aimed at sharply restricting a pair of potent greenhouse gases.

NFTs are shaking up the art world. They may be warming the planet, too 29 Apr, 2021 11:47 PM 8 minutes to read An NFT is a piece of artwork stamped with a unique string of code, but the coding process comes with enormous greenhouse-gas emissions. Photo / 123RF An NFT is a piece of artwork stamped with a unique string of code, but the coding process comes with enormous greenhouse-gas emissions. Photo / 123RF New York Times By: Hiroko Tabuchi When Chris Precht, an Austrian architect and artist, f...

Print This is the April 29, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Something remarkable happened over the weekend: California hit nearly 95% renewable energy. I’ll say it again: 95% renewables. For all the time we spend talking about how to reach 100% clean power, it sometimes seems like a faraway proposition, whether the timeframe is California’s 2045 target or P...