#A tale of two Ramaswamys

#A tale of two Ramaswamys

This is a tale of two men with the same last name: Ramaswamy. One of those two men, Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur, was introduced to a large national audience on the evening of Aug. 23, 2023. The occasion? The first televised debate of eight candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party for the…

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#Maui County sues power company over actions during wildfires

#Maui County sues power company over actions during wildfires

Maui County is suing its local power utility, alleging the company negligently failed to turn off its power lines, exacerbating the deadly wildfires that ravaged the island and killed at least 100 people. The lawsuit filed on Thursday claims that the Hawaiian Electric Company should have known “to properly maintain and repair the electric transmission…

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#Biden’s ill-considered ransom-for-hostages deal with Iran imperils everyone

#Biden’s ill-considered ransom-for-hostages deal with Iran imperils everyone

When the Biden administration announced a breakthrough in its long-running diplomatic dalliance with Iran earlier this month, it predictably touched off a firestorm of controversy. The new White House deal involves the unfreezing of $6 billion of previously-escrowed Iranian oil revenue held in South Korea in exchange for Iran’s release from prison of five wrongfully detained American…

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#Worst corporate polluters hide in regulatory ‘darkness,’ study finds

#Worst corporate polluters hide in regulatory ‘darkness,’ study finds

Many of the world’s corporations may be responsible for climate damages far greater than their annual profits, a new study has found.  For the biggest polluters worldwide — the fossil fuel-dependent power industry — that means potential legal liabilities around seven times their annual profits, four economists from leading universities wrote on Thursday in Science. “The average corporate carbon…

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#West Virginia AG wins dismissal of challenge against new abortion pill legislation

#West Virginia AG wins dismissal of challenge against new abortion pill legislation

A United States District Judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a lawsuit brought against West Virginia by a manufacturer of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone over the state’s restrictions on the medication. GenBioPro sued the state’s attorney general in January, claiming the abortion ban and other restrictions have caused it “significant, ongoing economic…

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