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U.S. Special Envoy on ClimateJohn Kerry acknowledged on Wednesday that obtaining solar panels from Xinjiang, China is a problem given the forced labor reported in the area and China s strength in the market.
During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, asked Kerry about ensuring that the U.S. climate strategy wouldn t involve solar panels produced from forced labor. When you look at the supply chain, when you look at China, they dominate the critical mineral supply and solar supply chains all coming out of Xinjiang Province, McCaul said.
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State and local governments have come under intense pressure from cyber threats over the past few years, and in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic, as more operations moved online and hackers targeted vulnerable and sometimes aging systems.
Schools, hospitals and libraries have been among public institutions targeted by ransomware attacks, among other cyber threats, and the city governments of Baltimore, New Orleans and Atlanta have been forced to spend millions of dollars to recover from ransomware attacks targeting operations in recent years.
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The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and other components in renewable energy, climate envoy John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday.
The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and other components in renewable energy, climate envoy John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday.
Kerry’s comments at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing sought to defuse one of the main arguments that congressional Republicans have cited against President Joe Biden’s push for a climate-friendly makeover of the U.S. economy: China s manufacturing dominance risks implicating buyers of Chinese-made solar panels, batteries and other green-energy tech in that
Delay in Passing Hamas Sanctions Bill Is ‘Inexcusable,’ Says Rep Palestinian militants launch missiles into Israel in May 2021 / Reuters Jack Beyrer • May 12, 2021 12:40 pm
The House s delay in passing a bill to increase sanctions on Hamas is inexcusable after the terrorist group s attacks on Israel this week, Rep. Brian Mast (R., Fla.) said Tuesday.
Mast urged Congress to reconsider an act he cosponsored that aims to kneecap Hamas s financial backers. The legislation, called the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act, tasks the U.S. government with identifying and financially isolating any individual or company bankrolling Hamas. Mast s bill, an earlier version of which passed the House unanimously in 2019 but died in the Senate, would require the support of both Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks (D., N.Y.).
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