Posts Tagged Climate
A Look at Some of the Transportation-Related Legislation Moving Forward at the General Assembly
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 8, 2021
Nearly half of Virginia’s carbon emissions come from transportation. The House of Delegates took on a number of bills hoping to reduce those emissions, and now they’re in the senate’s hands. Jahd Khalil has this report.
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From NPR News- Lawyers For 18-Year-Old Capitol Rioter Want Him Released To His Parents February 26, 2021Attorneys for Bruno Cua, 18, say that before the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, he was an impressionable kid who loved fishing and building treehouses. But prosecutors see a young man intent on violence.
- Coronavirus FAQs: What Are Mask Braces? What If I Get COVID After 1 Vaccine Dose? February 26, 2021Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.
- Panel Recommends FDA Authorize Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For Emergency Use February 26, 2021The Food and Drug Administration typically follows the advice of its expert advisers. A quick agency decision on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected given the state of the pandemic.
- Syria Airstrikes Resurface Lawmakers' Questions Over Presidential Authority February 26, 2021Some Democrats raised a longstanding debate over presidential vs congressional reach. The administration called the attacks proportionate and said it had briefed congressional leaders ahead of time.
- 'A Huge Opportunity': Venezuelan Migrants Welcome Colombia's New Open-Door Policy February 26, 2021Colombia's president has unveiled a program to let undocumented Venezuelan migrants live and work legally in the country for up to 10 years. Nearly a million Venezuelans in Colombia lack legal status.
- Lawyers For 18-Year-Old Capitol Rioter Want Him Released To His Parents February 26, 2021
- From BBC News
- Budget 2021: Mortgage guarantee to help buyers with 5% deposit February 27, 2021Boris Johnson says "generation rent" can become "generation buy" through new government-backed loans.
- Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak to inject £126m to boost traineeship scheme February 26, 2021The chancellor also launches a "flexi-job" scheme so people can work for several firms at once.
- Mother drops children from window to escape Istanbul apartment fire February 26, 2021The four children were all caught by volunteers holding a blanket on the street in Istanbul.
- Jamal Khashoggi: US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing February 26, 2021An official report says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the journalist's murder.
- Lady Gaga's dog walker Ryan Fischer to make 'full recovery' February 26, 2021Ryan Fischer was shot when two people attacked him and stole the US singer's two French bulldogs.
- Budget 2021: Mortgage guarantee to help buyers with 5% deposit February 27, 2021
