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In Atlanta's Cascade neighborhood, a black church has operated a community center next door for decades. The interior of the recently renovated space is simple—white walls and gray carpet—but that’s where the magic happens. There, the congregation operates a food pantry that feeds up to 400 predominantly Black families each week. Now, with financial help from the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark climate law passed by Democrats during the Biden administration, the church is offering more services — making the center the city’s first community-owned resiliency center. The Vikas Community Center, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in July, is equipped…
On Thanksgiving Day, many people’s tables are filled with food. The same goes for their bins, which contain peels, rinds, stems and bones. But Alejandra Schrader, author of “The Low-Carb Cookbook,” says many food scraps could be put to better uses. Schrader: “Just like sweet potato skins, you can bake them in the oven and make chips and dip them in hummus or any of your favorite dips.” Or, she says, you can slice it thinly and cook it like scalloped potatoes instead of throwing out a chunky strand of broccoli. Schrader: “I sprinkled some Parmesan cheese and a little…
from legal riots OSIRIS-APEX is the follow-up satellite to OSIRIS-REx and will study the changes in the asteroid after its rare close encounter with Earth in April 2029. Posted by Leslie Eastman Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, is a near-Earth asteroid that has attracted significant attention due to its proximity to our home planet. Apophis was discovered in 2004 and is classified as a potentially hazardous object. Because it will be close enough to the Earth in 2029, the gravitational influence will be enough to cause vibrations. A recent study led by Ronald-Louis Ballouz of…
not many people know Paul Homewood Another victim of net zero: Vauxhall plans to close its Luton van manufacturing plant in a move that will put 1,100 jobs at risk as Net-zero rules force it to cut sales of petrol cars. Stellantis, the car giant behind Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat and Citroën, said it would focus on investing in its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire. The company said the decision was taken “in the context of the ZEV mandate”, referring to Electric vehicle sales target Automakers criticized the policy as too strict. Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares conducted a “strategic review”…
Chris Morrison A group of Thai scientists and mathematicians recently published findings that provide further evidence that Greenland's surface temperatures have been declining for about 20 years. They processed 31,464 satellite records across the region from 2000 to 2019 and found that average temperatures fell by 0.11°C. This is said to indicate “no significant change in LST” [land surface temperature]”. The latest evidence that much of the Arctic is actually cooling won't be news to the scientific community because it supports previous findings of recent temperature drops. But this information is of course excluded from the mainstream because it casts…
Brenda Shafer Central to President Biden’s agenda is a government-led effort to dramatically reduce fossil fuel production and consumption. One of Biden's key policies to achieve this goal is to end public financing of fossil fuel programs. The policy has attracted little public attention or scrutiny because it has had little impact on Americans. The policy primarily affects the global poor, particularly those in Africa, who lose the funds to develop electricity capabilities. While ending public financing of fossil fuels provides a feel-good moment for the Biden administration and ruling elites in other rich countries, it hurts the world's poorest…
An Exxon Mobil executive said on Tuesday that oil companies are unlikely to significantly increase production in line with President-elect Trump's “drill, baby, drill” energy agenda laid out at a conference in London. [emphasis, links added] Trump repeatedly promised on the campaign trail to unleash U.S. oil production to lower energy costs and assert American will in global markets.He has assembled a group of energy-focused officials in his Cabinet to help lead the effort through January 2025. However, Liam Mallon, head of ExxonMobil’s upstream division, told Energy Intelligence Forum attendees: Production surge may not make financial sense for energy companiesReuters…
Article by Eric Worrell “…It can be said that self-destruction has been integrated into the “process” from the beginning. …” Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now? This year’s United Nations climate change summit exposed its contradictions and failures and stoked existential angst. go through Karl MathiesonLocated in Baku, Azerbaijan … The atmosphere on the plane was grim, and more than one person on board must have been wondering: Are these UN climate summits doomed to fail? … at the beginning It can be said that self-destruction is built into the “process” from the beginning. In 1991,…
COP29, the United Nations' annual climate alarmist summit, ended in extra time this weekend with an agreement that would obligate rich countries to invest $300 billion a year in “climate finance” over the next decade – angering environmental campaigners who say the amount is small. Ridiculously so. [emphasis, links added] By the time the summit is expected to end on Friday, the $300 billion agreement is $50 billion more than what wealthy participants have proposed. despite this, Some extreme climate activists want to see rich countries redistribute up to $1 trillion of wealth to “developing countries” Invest in mitigating the…
During Donald Trump's first successful campaign for president, he pledged to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. [emphasis, links added] He wasn't able to do so until the day after he lost the 2020 election, and the reprieve lasted just over two months as Joe Biden rejoined the agreement the day he was inaugurated. This is one of many Biden messes that Trump must clean up. The United States should not be part of the Paris Agreement at all. It would be foolish for our country to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which means reducing the use…