Power Plant Pollution Targeted in Sweeping Actions by Biden Administration
Greenhouse gas rules offer leeway, but come packaged with new standards for air, water and waste that put big restraints on coal. By Marianne Lavelle The Biden administration punctuated Earth Week by finalizing a sweeping set of regulations for power plants—the source of one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution—that areContinue Reading
Daily Ev Recap: Ultra-fast charging adds 370 miles of range in 10 minutes
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Ubuntu 24.04 Official Flavours Available to Download
Arriving alongside the main Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release are new versions of the official Ubuntu flavours, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. What follows is a concise, top-level overview of the key new features and changes in some of the most popular Ubuntu flavours, plus the relevant downloads links toContinue Reading
Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors get gender-affirming care without parent’s permission
Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors get gender-affirming care without parent’s permission, Read MoreContinue Reading
Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum
Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health, Read MoreContinue Reading
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century., Read MoreContinue Reading
1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk had bird flu virus fragments, FDA says
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk, providing a more detailed picture of how much of the milk supply has been affected., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech?
X owner is fighting governments over their attempts to curtail online content deemed to be harmful., Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist and CEO of X, Tesla, and SpaceX, is once again at the centre of a heated debate about free speech and censorship. Since buying X, the platformContinue Reading
Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir faces anticorruption probe
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief says former leader ‘among those being investigated’., Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief says former leader ‘among those being investigated’. Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is being investigated in connection with a corruption probe involving his sons, the country’s anticorruption agency has confirmed. Azam Baki, chief commissionerContinue Reading
Alabama Lawmakers Advance Bill That Could Lead To Prosecution Of Librarians
The legislation comes amid a soaring number of book challenges — often centered on LGBTQ content — and efforts in a number of states to ban drag queen story readings., Read MoreContinue Reading
17 States Sue Over Rule Giving Workers Time Off For Abortions
The EEOC’s new guidelines are a “radical interpretation” of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, one attorney general claimed., Read MoreContinue Reading
FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore Net Neutrality. The move restores the FCC’s authority under Title II of the Communications Act to oversee broadband providers and enforce the open-internet protections. The Open Internet Order was repealed during the The Traitor Administration in the face of widespread publicContinue Reading
TSMC Unveils 1.6nm Process Technology With Backside Power Delivery
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom’s Hardware: TSMC announced its leading-edge 1.6nm-class process technology today, a new A16 manufacturing process that will be the company’s first Angstrom-class production node and promises to outperform its predecessor, N2P, by a significant margin. The technology’s most important innovation will be itsContinue Reading