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Biden will need to woo states to adopt his climate agenda. It could prove tough.
By Chris D Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman
President-elect Joe Biden has assembled what environmentalists are calling an “all-star” team to lead his government’s efforts to curb climate change and reverse the Trump administration’s astoundingly pro-polluter legacy.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress and a strong supporter of the Green New Deal movement, would replace a former oil lobbyist if the Senate confirms her as head of the Interior Department. In place of the ex-coal lobbyist running the Environmental Protection Agency would be Michael Regan, who brokered the biggest coal-ash cleanup settlement in U.S. history as North Carolina’s top environmental regulator. The Energy Department would swap a fossil fuel die-hard for Jennifer Granholm, Michigan’s former governor and attorney general and now a clean energy
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The accused Nashville suicide bomber was reportedly paranoid about 5G technology. Here s what we know about the false 5G conspiracy that went viral this year.
The accused Nashville suicide bomber was reportedly paranoid about 5G technology. Here s what we know about the false 5G conspiracy that went viral this year.
Isabella JibilianDec 30, 2020, 04:51 IST
: FBI and first responders work the scene after an explosion on December 25, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images
On Christmas morning, a suicide bombing shook
Nashville. The explosion injured three and damaged 41 buildings, Business Insider previously reported.
The FBI said Anthony Quinn Warner, who was in the van that exploded, was responsible for the bombing. Besides Warner, there were no casualties.
A Trump-touted covid therapy awaits proof to back up his boasts
Anna Edney, Bloomberg
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Stephen Hahn, commissioner of food and drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), center, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Aug. 23, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds.
One day before the Republican National Convention kicked off, President Donald Donald Trump and top drug regulator Stephen Hahn held a White House press conference to tout emergency authorization of a promising covid-19 treatment.
Convalescent plasma, a soup of immune factors derived from the blood of recovered covid-19 patients, had shown an incredible rate of success and would save countless lives, Trump said Aug 23. Yet more than four months later and with more than 330,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths reported since the pandemic began, the jury is still out how much the treatment benefits patients, if at all.