Three Mile Island Is at the Center of Efforts to Expand Nuclear Capacity to Meet Rising Power Demand

The concrete cooling towers that rise from a sliver of land south of Pennsylvania’s capital became symbols nearly a half-century ago of the risks of nuclear energy.Now, a plan to restart one of the two reactors at Three Mile Island is…

Continue ReadingThree Mile Island Is at the Center of Efforts to Expand Nuclear Capacity to Meet Rising Power Demand

Corporate, scientific, and Indigenous leaders team up to call for ‘year of united action on climate, nature, and food’

Scores of the world's largest businesses, leading climate scientists and campaigners, and most influential civil society groups have come together to call on governments to deliver a step change in efforts...

Continue ReadingCorporate, scientific, and Indigenous leaders team up to call for ‘year of united action on climate, nature, and food’

‘Both feasible and valuable’: GSK, Holcim, and Kering among first companies to adopt science-based nature targets

Pharmaceuticals giant GSK, cement producer Holcim, and luxury fashion group Kering are among the first companies to secure official approval for new science-based nature targets, in what has been hailed...

Continue Reading‘Both feasible and valuable’: GSK, Holcim, and Kering among first companies to adopt science-based nature targets

Three things businesses should consider for electricity procurement in the energy transition

As the UK moves closer to its target of net zero emissions by 2050, major changes are coming to the electricity system.  With more renewables on the grid than ever before, the energy transition is moving us away from a linear,…

Continue ReadingThree things businesses should consider for electricity procurement in the energy transition

No, poll workers aren’t handing out Sharpies to invalidate ballots.

The false claimSome people have falsely claimed that election workers have provided Sharpies, markers or other writing utensils to certain voters in an attempt to somehow invalidate their ballots.Why it is falsePoll workers provide writing utensils that have been tested with…

Continue ReadingNo, poll workers aren’t handing out Sharpies to invalidate ballots.

Can Harris’s Economic Plans Sway Small Business Owners to Vote Democratic?

Kamala Harris has leaned in with promises to aid start-ups, but proprietors are often more focused on taxes and regulations.Presidential campaigns often use the backdrop of small businesses — record stores, diners, machine shops — to emphasize their candidates’ authenticity and…

Continue ReadingCan Harris’s Economic Plans Sway Small Business Owners to Vote Democratic?

How Jessica Tarlov of ‘The Five’ Became a Liberal Star on Fox News

It was a day after Bret Baier’s contentious interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Fox News punditocracy on “The Five,” the network’s most popular show, was celebrating. “She’s ice-cold, she’s unlikable, and her arguments are incoherent,” sneered Jesse Watters.…

Continue ReadingHow Jessica Tarlov of ‘The Five’ Became a Liberal Star on Fox News

Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate

Will Lewis, the company’s chief executive, said the paper was “returning to our roots” of not making endorsements for the office.The Washington Post’s chief executive told the newsroom on Friday that it would no longer endorse presidential candidates, breaking with decades…

Continue ReadingWashington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate