Mon May 3, 2021 Some parts of the United States are uninhabitable without air conditioning. And even in major cities, before air conditioning became widely available, people slept on balconies and fire escapes in stifling heat. Beyond comfort, the lack of air conditioning in Europe has killed thousands. Mostly the elderly. Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning? a New York Times piece asked in July. Air conditioning, it argued, is bad for the environment and makes us less human. It ran quotes suggesting that, first world discomfort is a learned behavior , and urging a certain degree of self-imposed suffering . Temperatures in Paris hit 108.6 degrees. Desperate Frenchmen dived into the fountains of the City of Lights with their clothes on. Parisian authorities announced that they were deploying heat wave management plan orange, level three, which meant setting up foggers in public parks and distributing heat wave kits. The kits consist of leaflets tel
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In an act reminiscent of Luther and the church door, Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote in the Washington Post that he would not vote to change the Senate filibuster rule nor was he keen on using the budget reconciliation process as the vehicle for enacting President Biden’s $2.4 trillion infrastructure plan much of which is about decarbonizing the economy.
Manchin, like Biden, is an old school politician where
back-in-the-day loyalties were more to the nation than the party. In his marmish manner, Manchin believes refusing to eliminate the filibuster and voting against budget reconciliation will force Republicans and Democrats to work through their differences in a collegially combative sort of way just like it used to be.”
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Neil Chatterjee on Tuesday called on Congress to update federal energy policy to alleviate some of his agency s work load. Legislative intransigence in Washington has put more and more of the critical decision making in the hands of agencies throughout the government that may not necessarily have the tools to address the complex challenges before us, he said during a virtual webinar hosted by K&L Gates.
He noted that most policy that s been passed since 2005 has been either in the form of tax bills or omnibus appropriations such as the American Energy Innovation Act included in stimulus spending. That lack of action has made it more difficult to regulate the fast-changing energy sector, Chatterjee said.
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Who are the Indian-Americans in US President Joe Biden s administration
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Who are the Indian-Americans in US President Joe Biden s administration
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jan 20, 2021, 23:04 IST
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A Biden-Harris banner hangs in front of the White House ahead of inauguration. (Credit: AFP)
NEW DELHI: For the first time in the US history, more than 20 Indian-Americans have either been appointed or nominated to be part of the US government with as many as 17 of them in key positions.
On Wednesday, as President Joe Biden takes oath as 46th President of the USA alongside vice-president elect Kamala Harris, who too has roots in India, here is a list of Indian-Americans announced to be a part of Biden s administration: