Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Energy Department headquarters. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
Department of Energy headquarters in Washington. Francis Chung/E&E News
The Department of Energy unveiled a senior leadership team this morning, saying it will carry out President Biden s vision for bold action on the climate crisis.
The team includes two new jobs: a deputy director for energy justice and a director of energy jobs a nod both to Biden s pledge to address environmental justice and to his effort to center his climate plan on green energy jobs.
Tarak Shah. Photo credit: Department of Energy
Tarak Shah.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) new leadership team is a diverse group of individuals with a wide range of experience across the power sector and
Now and again I get asked about “missing government files” (or “hidden files”) on UFOs. It’s an issue that a lot of people don’t seem to understand – and it’s also something that demonstrates a great amount of naivety on the part of the questioner. I’ll explain what I mean. It relates to both those who believe there are UFO conspiracies and those who don’t – but for very different reasons. On many occasions, when I’m in debate with skeptics and debunkers, someone will say something like this: “There can’t be any truth to Rendlesham Forest or to Roswell because nothing of any significance has ever surfaced through the Freedom of Information Act.” That is such a pathetic and uninformed approach to take. And, it’s also a misinformed stance. A few day ago, I used the words “La La Land” in an article here at Mysterious Universe. I’ll use it again: “La La Land.” I use it because that’s where some of the debunkers and skeptics are happy to dwell.
16/01/2021
Watch: Newshub s 6pm report on protesters spreading COVID-19 misinformation. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Getty
Two new variants of COVID-19 have been found in the United States, one bearing three new mutations not seen before.
The other has the same mutation as the strain currently ripping through the UK, but evolved independently.
The US has had the worst outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - which causes COVID-19 - in the world, and is approaching 400,000 deaths.
The more hosts a virus infects the more chance it has to mutate. The variant with three mutations was picked up in Columbus, Ohio, and it s believed to have become the dominant strain over the past few weeks.