The Debt Ceiling Deal and Climate Action
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Keep cool with the best ceiling fans of 2024
Get relief from the heat with these customer-loved ceiling fans from Wayfair, Amazon, Lamps Plus and more.CBS News - Top stories -
What types of debt can debt relief help with?
Debt relief may not help with all types of debt. Find out what types of debt most debt relief services help with.CBS News - Top stories -
Four presenters begin legal action against BBC
They claim age and sex discrimination and say they were paid less than a male peer, which the BBC denies.BBC News - Top stories -
EPA's Deceptive Climate Regulations Won't Stand in Court
If the major-questions doctrine doesn’t kill them, the ‘rule against pretext’ will.The Wall Street Journal - World - Climate -
Opposition leader demands action after calls for caliphate in Hamburg
Yahoo News - World -
Patriots Division raises $5M for 5v5 action game Shadow War
Patriots Division has raised $5 million for Shadow War, a 5-versus-5 third-person action game set in the sci-fi future.VentureBeat - Tech -
Using debt to finance government spending is not a free lunch
Government debt can be a valuable tool — but it has consequences.MarketWatch - Business -
Companies Trim Debt, Faced With High Rates
The current high interest rates have pushed up the cost of borrowing for most companies, forcing them to tackle their debts, analysts said.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Companies Trim Debt, Faced With High Rates
The current high interest rates have pushed up the cost of borrowing for most companies, forcing them to tackle their debts, analysts said.The Wall Street Journal - Business -
Kenya leader vows to help "victims of climate change" as flood deaths mount
President William Ruto has promised help for Kenyans as unusually heavy monsoon rains burst a dam and unleash deadly floods and mudslides.CBS News - World - Climate -
UK ‘not exciting’ for green investors, says former climate adviser
Ex-CCC head warns Rishi Sunak’s rollback on net zero has driven investment elsewhereFinancial Times - World - United Kingdom -
UK ‘not exciting’ for green investors, says former climate adviser
Ex-CCC head warns Rishi Sunak’s rollback on net zero has driven investment elsewhereFinancial Times - Business - United Kingdom -
Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial system
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial system Climate change’s impact on insurance companies is putting the U.S. in danger ...The Hill - Politics - Climate -
Raskin calls Republican senator 'climate fatalist' in oil industry hearing
The Senate Budget Committee’s Democratic majority and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took aim at the oil industry Wednesday for historically minimizing the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate in a hearing on the results of a bicameral investigation ...The Hill - Politics -
New York cities plagued by blackouts due to climate change, study finds
Climate change is pushing some New York City neighborhoods into dozens of nearly-daylong blackouts per year, a new study has found. Large swaths of the state’s principal towns and cities faced repeated, protracted and dangerous weather-driven ...The Hill - Politics - New York -
Democrats accuse Big Oil of climate change ‘denial and doublespeak’
Three-year congressional investigation unearths internal industry documentsFinancial Times - World - Climate -
Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
Major oil companies have misled Americans for decades about the threat of human-caused climate change, according to a new report released Tuesday by Democrats in Congress.NBC News - Top stories - Climate -
Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death across the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East has latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas warABC News - World - Israel -
Houston moving forward with blue alternate jerseys despite threats of legal action from NFL
The NFL threatened Houston with legal action for wearing jerseys reminiscent of the old Oilers threadsCBS Sports - Sports -
Marvel Rivals Devs Explain The Challenges Of Creating Third-Person Comic-Book Action
Marvel Rivals is inspired by Overwatch, but one area where the game stands out is in its decision to utilize a third-person perspective as opposed to the first-person viewpoint of Blizzard's hero shooter. Why third-person? According to NetEase ...GameSpot - Tech -
Dutch city pilots radical debt cancellation scheme for poor families
Councillor in Arnhem says existing system to resolve issues caused by debt costs billions and isn’t working. The Dutch city of Arnhem is going to cancel the debts of some of the poorest families in the Netherlands in an attempt to break a ...The Guardian - World - Netherlands -
Blue-green algae get a bad press – but we owe a debt of gratitude
While some cyanobacteria are among the deadliest organisms in the world, others help us flourish. Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, come in many forms and have generally got a bad press, mainly because five of the 2,000 identified species can ...The Guardian - World -
Biden forgives more than $6B in student debt for 317K defrauded borrowers
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it would be forgiving $6 billion in student debt for borrowers who attended the Arts Institutes. The 317,000 borrowers will receive the relief after it was discovered the school “falsified data, ...The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students
The announcement covers 317,000 former students and marks another step in the administration’s student loan relief efforts.The New York Times - Business - Joe Biden -
Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
The Biden administration said it's erasing debt for people who attended the for-profit Art Institutes, which shut down in September.CBS News - Politics - Joe Biden -
Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
The Biden administration said it's erasing debt for people who attended the for-profit Art Institutes, which shut down in September.CBS News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Lift Germany's debt brake to advance social justice, union urges
Yahoo News - World -
What the Fed's interest rate pause means for your credit card debt
The Federal Reserve kept its federal funds rate unchanged. Here's what that means for your credit card debt.CBS News - Top stories -
Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds
Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support. Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, US Democrats have found.. Major ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals
Mexico's taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every yearABC News - World - Climate -
Biden administration to cancel $6.1 billion in student debt for borrowers who were scammed by single school
The Department of Education is cancelling $6.1 billion worth of student debt for 317,000 borrowers who were scammed by their school, officials announced Wednesday.MarketWatch - Business - Joe Biden -
Biden administration forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former Art Institute students
The Biden administration announced that it would forgive more than $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former students of the Art Institutes.CNBC - Business - Joe Biden -
The Fed would only cut rates to help the U.S. service its soaring debt, fund manager says
The reason the Fed may be tempted to cut rates would be to help the U.S. cover interest payments on the national debt, according to fund manager Freddie Lait.CNBC - Business -
I’m 62 with no debt and a part-time job. My advisers say keep saving, but my kids say spend — do I go for a Roth 401(k)?
“My salary was never high and I lived a frugal life to accumulate these savings.”MarketWatch - Business -
Best pre-Memorial Day deals on barbecue grills
Barbecue season is finally here, so if you're shopping for a new grill, here's your chance to save some cash.CBS News - Top stories -
Best deals on robot vacuums ahead of Memorial Day
It's time for a thorough house cleaning this spring, and a robot vacuum can help you do all the heavy lifting.CBS News - Top stories -
Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal
Mediators renew efforts to secure a truce ahead of invasion of city, where more than 1 million people are sheltering. . . Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if renewed ...The Guardian - World -
Netanyahu determined on Rafah offensive, with or without hostage deal
Yahoo News - World -
Protesters in Israel demand deal to secure hostages release
There were mass demonstrations in Israel as thousands of protesters blocked a highway in Tel Aviv, demanding a deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.CBS News - World - Israel -
Mississippi Lawmakers Reach a Tentative Deal to Expand Medicaid
The expansion would extend largely free health coverage to 200,000 more low-income adults. But hurdles remain, including a likely veto by Gov. Tate Reeves.The New York Times - Top stories - Mississippi