❗DPR, LPR Heads ask Putin to help repel aggression from Kiev Forces - Kremlin.
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⚡ White House: US not presently considering meeting or engagement with Putin.
❗Latvian President calls for ban on Russian TV channels' rebroadcasts in Country.
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⚡ Ukraine President Zelensky asks France for Macro-Financial assistance
❗Ukraine requests urgent UNSC meeting after DPR, LPR heads request military help from Russia - Kuleba
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⛏ As climate change costs mount, Biden seeks to price damages
In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that paid for everything from schools to senior centers, or risk astronomical damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet causing weather events that destroy infrastructure.
Spring Creek’s hundreds of jobs help undergird the economy of the Crow Indian Reservation and nearby parts of Wyoming. In Big Horn County, encompassing most of the reservation, taxes and royalties from the extraction of coal fund almost two-thirds of government services. It’s one of the most coal-dependent communities in America.
Applying the administration’s carbon cost would yield estimated damages of over $1 billion annually from a federal government coal sale that would keep it mining for at least another few years. Those who seek to slow the effects of climate change want the department to stop the ongoing expansion and end the practice of open pit mining.
In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that paid for everything from schools to senior centers, or risk astronomical damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet causing weather events that destroy infrastructure.
Spring Creek’s hundreds of jobs help undergird the economy of the Crow Indian Reservation and nearby parts of Wyoming. In Big Horn County, encompassing most of the reservation, taxes and royalties from the extraction of coal fund almost two-thirds of government services. It’s one of the most coal-dependent communities in America.
Applying the administration’s carbon cost would yield estimated damages of over $1 billion annually from a federal government coal sale that would keep it mining for at least another few years. Those who seek to slow the effects of climate change want the department to stop the ongoing expansion and end the practice of open pit mining.
❗Zelensky: Ukraine ready for talks with Russia in various formats
⚡ Request from DPR, LPR for Russia's assistance a step against Ukraine's sovereignty - Borrell
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❗Russian Defence Minister, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman put on EU Sanction List
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❗Russian Defence Minister, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman put on EU Sanction List
❗Sputnik and RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan put on EU sanction list
📨 USPS rejects Biden’s recommendation to buy more electric mail trucks
The United States Postal Service authorized the replacement of its mail truck fleet with nearly all gasoline-powered vehicles, rejecting a plea from US President Joe Biden to include more electric vehicles in its purchase.
The move, announced Wednesday, signals the independent agency’s decision to move forward with a controversial plan to purchase 165,000 next-generation mail trucks, only 10 percent of which will be battery-electric vehicles (BEV). Although mitigating the effects of climate change were noted, the USPS determined that there was no legal reason to delay its plans.
As a quasi-independent agency, Biden cannot order the USPS to procure more EVs. But Congress, which is currently controlled by Democrats, could pass a law requiring the agency to do so and could provide extra funding as well.
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The United States Postal Service authorized the replacement of its mail truck fleet with nearly all gasoline-powered vehicles, rejecting a plea from US President Joe Biden to include more electric vehicles in its purchase.
The move, announced Wednesday, signals the independent agency’s decision to move forward with a controversial plan to purchase 165,000 next-generation mail trucks, only 10 percent of which will be battery-electric vehicles (BEV). Although mitigating the effects of climate change were noted, the USPS determined that there was no legal reason to delay its plans.
As a quasi-independent agency, Biden cannot order the USPS to procure more EVs. But Congress, which is currently controlled by Democrats, could pass a law requiring the agency to do so and could provide extra funding as well.
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⚡ Civilian flights over Ukraine restricted over possible threats - NOTAM
⚡ Ukrainian Army shelled Lugansk People's Republic 177 times within past 24 Hours - Official
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🦠 Google will no longer require its US employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19
The change is one of many the company is reportedly making to its policies as it prepares to have employees return to the office. Google is lifting a policy that required anyone entering a Google facility, even vaccinated staffers, to have a negative COVID-19 molecular test.
The company has also outlined plans for a hybrid work week, where it will expect most employees to be in the office a minimum of three days per week.
Apple has also begun to relax its COVID-19 policies, and has dropped mask requirements in several states for customers shopping at its Apple retail stores.
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The change is one of many the company is reportedly making to its policies as it prepares to have employees return to the office. Google is lifting a policy that required anyone entering a Google facility, even vaccinated staffers, to have a negative COVID-19 molecular test.
The company has also outlined plans for a hybrid work week, where it will expect most employees to be in the office a minimum of three days per week.
Apple has also begun to relax its COVID-19 policies, and has dropped mask requirements in several states for customers shopping at its Apple retail stores.
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⚡ UNSC to consider draft resolution on Donbass conflict, says France's permanent representative
❗Putin: Russia has no plans to occupy Ukraine but will respond immediately to any external threats
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❗Biden warns Russia of 'further consequences' after launch of special military operation in Donbass
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