GM wants to exclusively sell electric vehicles by 2035, and it's now trying to nudge the US government toward the same goal. The automaker has teamed up with an advocacy group, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), to develop recommended principles for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) car emissions standards from the 2027 model year onward. […]
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says it’s ‘a great day to not be in Jackson,’ where residents went without clean running water for weeks
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves seen on June 30, 2020. Rogelio V. Solis/Pool via REUTERS More than 150,000 people in Jackson — Mississippi's largest city and capital — went without clean running water for weeks. Speaking in Hattiesburg on Friday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said it was "a great day to not be in Jackson." Jackson […]
‘Clean cooking’ can help protect forests and also combat climate change by reducing pressure on woodlands and cutting air pollution
A person cooks over campfire in Bhutan. About 2.4 billion people in the developing world lack access to "clean cooking." Universal Images Group via Getty Images Some 2.4 billion people cook on wood and charcoal fire pits or kerosene stoves. This accounts for 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions and harms forests and public health. […]
‘Come out and tell the truth’: Amir Khan calls on rival Kell Brook to come clean about his sexuality
Boxer Amir Khan has taken a somewhat bizarre route on his latest barrage of insults to fellow Brit Kell Brook, telling the Sheffield native to open up about rumors of him being gay. It seems inevitable that Khan and Brook will meet inside the squared circle before long, and in advance of the match-up between […]
SpaceX’s Failed Landing Still Ended With a Clean Plop
On its 20th flight this year, SpaceX failed to set its booster down on a landing pad. But this rare mishap also showed how many things went well. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c08534f5bb9802d7e317038/master/pass/falcon9booster.jpg
OBAMA: ‘There’s a pattern’ of Republicans running the economy ‘into the ground’ and Democrats having to ‘come back and clean things up’
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Former President Barack Obama pushed back on Republicans attempts to take credit for recent economic strength during a speech Monday. “So when you hear all this talk about economic miracles right now, remember who started it,” Obama said. Obama also made the argument that Democrats in general are forced to “clean up” […]
Clean your bong, pass it along and other expert tips on cannabis etiquette
Emily Post might not have been thinking about cannabis when she wrote down the rules of etiquette, but that doesn’t mean you should throw manners to the wind if you dabble in legal weed.
Can We Have Happy Cows and a Clean Climate?
If there’s one thing they don’t need, it’s more cowbells. Edith and Robert Albin’s tiny organic farm in the Swiss hamlet of Tersnaus is picture-postcard idyllic, with bell-bedecked cows roaming the Alps during the warmer months, then wintering in airy stalls. It’s a meat- and cheese-eater’s dream: Calm and happy livestock that spend their lives […]
WADA didn't put money above clean sport on Russia, says chief
The leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency insisted he cares about athletes but admonished them nonetheless during a fierce, sometimes-personal defence of the decision to bring Russia's suspended drug-fighting operation back online. "My question to athletes is: What, in practice, is the alternative action to all the statements you have made?" WADA president Craig Reedie […]
The BIG clean up boom in the Pacific Ocean
The boom in the Pacific Ocean, seen here off San Francisco, is designed to catch plastic (Image: THE OCEAN CLEANUP) Q: How large is the boom that has recently been placed in the Pacific Ocean to pick up excess plastic? And, dare I ask, is it made of plastic? Chris Schuman, Reading, Berkshire A: The […]