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Putting the Biden Proposal to Work: A Response to the Phenomenology of Conservation Laws in the 21st Century
How this idea is applied will vary from place to place, Dasgupta said, but now there is a vocabulary and method for addressing the underlying issues. The Biden proposal points to the fact that failing to account for nature’s bounty led to the destruction of our nation’s natural assets. Dasgupta called the proposal “a fine piece of work,” but he said that he wasn’t confident it would be put into effect, or that his ideas more broadly would be understood fast enough to prevent disaster. “We’re in a firefighting situation,” he said. Extreme weather events are happening regardless of when we speak.
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A method has been put in place to allow mining on the ocean floor
US President Donald Trump’s order to speed up deep-sea mining permits in both US and international territory is dangerous but does not violate the US’ hard mineral resources treaty, an Ocean Conservancy official said. “It will impact…water column, top to bottom, and everyone and everyone relying on it,” he added. Trump made the order to expedite the process for reviewing and issuing permits.
Pakistan and India are at odds after the deadly Kashmir attack
India has decided to close the border with Pakistan and suspend the water treaty after a deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan said it would consider any move by India to hold back water as an “act of war”, according to a statement released by the office of PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Trump called for the dismissal of the Fed Chair
After US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned of rising prices and slower economic growth due to tariffs from the Trump administration, US President Donald Trump called the report a “complete mess” on Twitter. “Oil prices are down, grocery prices are down, and the US is getting rich on Tarrants,” Trump wrote. His comment came after the release of an inflation report.
A shooting leaves two people dead
US Representative Chris Van Hollen has said that he’ll be going to El Salvador and trying to meet Abrego Garcia, who was deported from the US to the Central American country. Abrego’s family had sent him to US as a teenager because a gang in El Salvadoran was trying to coerce him to join. Abrego is a father to an autistic son.
A lawmaker tried to visit his deported friend
US Senator Chris Van Hollen on Saturday travelled to El Salvador where he visited Abrego Garcia, the father of an autistic boy who has been detained for illegal entry into the US. “I can assure the president and vice president that I may be the first United States senator to visit El Salvador on this issue,” Van Hollen said.
People worry about the impact of the wind project in New York
The US’ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has suspended work on the Empire Wind 1 Offshore Wind Project, which was approved by former President Joe Biden’s administration in September. This comes a day after Donald Trump said he would stop approving offshore wind projects starting on his first day as US President. The project is being developed off the coast of New York.