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Agencies to weigh label in deciding grant winners, per notice
NYC, Seattle, Portland lawsuit challenging marker unresolved February 9, 2021 6:01 AM By Courtney Rozen
New York City, Seattle and Portland are among cities that may still be cut out of eligibility for federal grants under former President Donald Trumpâs vow to punish them for protest-related violence, even with a new president in the White House.
At least two federal grant announcements published since Biden took office include a reference to the previous administrationâs âanarchist jurisdictionsâ label. Those two instances amount to one more than during the Trump administration, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis. The Trump administration crafted the marker last year to punish cities that saw large-scale demonstrations against police brutality beginning in May.
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February 2, 2021
Despite turbulent second quarter, global green bond market grows for ninth straight year.
Green bond issuance grew for the ninth straight year, climbing to a record high of $269.5 billion at the end of last year, up from $266.5 billion in 2019, according to not-for-profit organization Climate Bonds Initiative, which said 2021 could be another record year, with issuance rising to as high as $450 billion.
The $3 billion increase in issuance from 2019 was rather modest compared with the previous year, when issuance ballooned by more than $95 billion between 2018 and 2019. The sharp deceleration in growth was due the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the green bond market during the second quarter. However, record-breaking issuance during the third quarter helped prevent the end of the market’s nearly decadelong winning streak.
Why Are We Still Deep-Cleaning Surfaces for COVID?
The coronavirus behind the pandemic can linger on doorknobs and other surfaces, but these aren’t a major source of infection
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Volunteers spray disinfectant in the town in Handan city in north China s Hebei province Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. The number of coronavirus patients bounced up recently in northern China. Credit: Getty Images
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When Emanuel Goldman went to his local New Jersey supermarket last March, he didn’t take any chances. Reports of COVID-19 cases were popping up across the United States, so he donned gloves to avoid contaminated surfaces and wore a mask to prevent him inhaling tiny virus-laden droplets from fellow shoppers. Neither gloves nor masks were recommended at the time.