https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/biden-climate-factories-industrial-sector/622810/? The White House Is Going After One of Climate Change’s Thorniest Problems It requires building new factories. Lots of them.By Robinson Meyer The Atlantic FEBRUARY 16, 2022, 8:43 AM ETSHARE Every week, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign … Continue reading A green economy means millions of manufacturing jobs here in the U.S.
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NYC restaurants screaming about skyrocketing electric bills
Surprised that this article doesn't mention that the outside parts of NYC restaurants were required to switch from butane heat to electric. That could account for much of the increase. https://ny.eater.com/2022/2/11/22927772/con-edison-price-increases-electric-bills-nyc-restaurants-brooklyn-kolache-886-guevaras NYC Restaurants Blindsided by Skyrocketing Electric Bills The drastic, overnight bill increase, one restaurant owner says, is “highway robbery.” by Emma Orlow Feb 11, 2022, 11:05am … Continue reading NYC restaurants screaming about skyrocketing electric bills
Why are chain pharmacies closing? Is it the newly organized thefts?
https://www.curbed.com/2022/02/shoplifters-arent-why-nycs-chain-pharmacies-are-closing.html RETAILING11:51 A.M. Shoplifters Aren’t the Reason New York’s Chain Pharmacies Are Closing By Jack Denton Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images Michael Rapaport knew exactly what was going on. “Yo! This fuckin’ guy just filled his two bags up with everything in Rite Aid,” the actor narrated from his local Upper East Side chain pharmacy as … Continue reading Why are chain pharmacies closing? Is it the newly organized thefts?
Here’s how to lock in current price for Amazon Prime for one year
The price of Amazon Prime is increasing — here’s how you can lock in a lower rate Amazon Prime prices are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know, and how you can save. February 3, 2022 Brett Holzhauer Twenty/20 Select’s editorial team works independently to review financial products and write articles we think … Continue reading Here’s how to lock in current price for Amazon Prime for one year
Big tech stocks losing luster
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-big-tech-trade-is-losing-its-luster-11644143580?mod=hp_lead_pos1 A Big Tech Trade Is Losing Its Luster The NYSE FANG+ Index, which tracks popular stocks like Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon and Netflix, has tumbled 10% this year By Gunjan Banerji Feb. 6, 2022 5:33 am EST The stock market’s popular FAANG trade is starting to show cracks. Investors say they are reconsidering their approach … Continue reading Big tech stocks losing luster
Notes of interest from Apple’s quarterly numbers
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/27/notes-of-interest-from-apples-blockbuster-holiday-quarter-earnings-report? Notes of interest from Apple's blockbuster holiday quarter earnings report Mike Wuerthele | Jan 27, 2022 Apple has published its crucial holiday quarter of 2021 results, breaking all of the company's records for the quarter. Here are some notes of interest from the report, including remarks from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Luca … Continue reading Notes of interest from Apple’s quarterly numbers
Lumber prices taking a hit from climate change
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/why-climate-change-pushing-lumber-prices/621288/? Lumber Prices Are off the Rails Again. Blame Climate Change. “This is a supply-side problem. This is unlike any other market that any of us lumber traders have ever experienced.”By Robinson Meyer James MacDonald / Bloomberg / Getty JANUARY 19, 2022SHARE Last year, lumber turned into the surprise superstar of the U.S. economy when it … Continue reading Lumber prices taking a hit from climate change
Microsoft-Activision a BIG DEAL
https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/1/18/22889342/microsoft-activision-antitrust-games-streaming-gamepass Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it Microsoft-Activision is like Disney-Fox. Maybe bigger.By Peter Kafka Jan 18, 2022, 11:19am EST Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. For those of you who play video games or pay attention to video games — and there are a lot of … Continue reading Microsoft-Activision a BIG DEAL
Offshore wind plan would produce major jobs as well as clean energy
Biden's offshore wind plan is actually a jobs plan The United States’ struggling power grid is finally getting some major upgrades. Last week, the Biden administration announced a plan that, among other efforts, will aim to bring more sources of clean energy online and install more high-voltage transmission cables across the country to transport that power where it’s needed. … Continue reading Offshore wind plan would produce major jobs as well as clean energy
Maersk may cause entire shipping industry to accelerate changes to meet the climate crisis
https://qz.com/2112395/maersk-accelerated-its-net-zero-climate-goals-by-a-decade/ FULL STEAM AHEAD Maersk could push the entire shipping industry to move up its climate goals By Nicolás Rivero Tech ReporterPublished January 13, 2022 Maersk, the world’s second-largest shipping line, pledged on Jan. 12 to make its business carbon neutral by 2040 instead of its previously stated goal of 2050. The company also expanded its net-zero emissions pledge to … Continue reading Maersk may cause entire shipping industry to accelerate changes to meet the climate crisis
What elderly care facility caretakers deal with every day
I’m a Longtime Union Organizer. But I Had Never Seen Anything Like This. The RawlinCredit... By Vanessa Veselka Photographs by Clayton Cotterell Ms. Veselka is a writer and former union organizer. Jan. 14, 2022 Last winter, workers at a memory care facility in western Oregon decided they were done watching the residents suffer. Conditions at the Rawlin … Continue reading What elderly care facility caretakers deal with every day
Congress about to look at carbon footprint of making/using crypto
http://www.axios.com/congress-crypto-carbon-footprint-hearing-73ca88e4-7042-4b0d-83a1-895589af5ef0.html Jan 13, 2022 - Energy & Environment Congress to take a look at crypto's carbon footprint Ben Geman, author of Generate A powerful House committee next week will convene a hearing on the energy use of digital cryptocurrency mining. Why it matters: The Jan. 20 Energy and Commerce Committee hearing highlights growing concern about carbon emissions linked … Continue reading Congress about to look at carbon footprint of making/using crypto
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