Senate Republicans are preparing a counter proposal to President Joe Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure package, one that would drastically reduce the price tag and pay for it with a means other than raising taxes.
Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who has taken the lead in negotiations for the GOP, said the Republican counter offer would be ready hopefully by the end of the week.
The GOP plan would be in the $600 billion to $800 billion range and focus on traditional infrastructure projects. Republicans have complained that items in Biden s plan - such as affordable housing, childcare and combatting climate change - are not infrastructure.
Humans have been reshaping ecology across most of the Earth for at least 12,000 years, but ancient civilizations did not misuse the land like today s inhabitants, a new study reveals.
A team of international scientists determined for most of history, humans have occupied the same amount of land across the globe and by 10000 BC, nearly three-quarters of the surface had been transformed.
The new analysis also contradicts the notion that most of Earth s land was uninhabited as recently as 1500BC.
However, the main cause of the current biodiversity crisis is not due to the destruction of uninhabited wildlands, but rather the appropriation, colonization and misuse of resources.
Share There is still a lot of good stuff out there. But an awful lot of them do preach, Ms Cooley told the Daily Telegraph. They preach colour, difference, they preach about (being) gay and lesbian … there is one about how not to be a racist baby.
Ms Cooley believes children can be introduced to these topics in an age-appropriate manner through other family activities instead of books.
The rise in books covering climate change, gay parents and racism has seen children fall out of love with reading (stock image)
UTS children s literacy expert Professor Rosemary Johnson agrees many children s books have lost their depth in the storyline and characters.
A forgotten African species of coffee that grows at higher temperatures could save the coffee industry, scientists believe.
Coffea stenophylla from Sierra Leone can tolerate higher temperatures than Arabica, the world s most popular coffee, according to climate change experts.
But the species also has a superior flavour, with notes of peach, blackcurrant, mandarin, chocolate, caramel and elderflower syrup.
According to professional tasters from Nespresso & Jacobs Douwe Egbert (JDE), its flavour is a bit like high-end Arabica .
C. stenophylla, also known as the highland coffee of Sierra Leone , is a rare and threatened species that was rediscovered in the wild in the West African country back in 2018.
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The eco-activist ran in front of a crowd near Windsor Castle yesterday. Marissa Scott, 55, was today charged with causing harassment, alarm and distress.