Anonymous ID: 56df45 May 2, 2021, 9:25 a.m. No.13564746   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>4801

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) โ€” While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

 

The law signed April 6 by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon creates a $1.2 million fund for an initiative that marks the latest attempt by state leaders to help coal in the state that accounts for the bulk of U.S. coal production, which is down by half since 2008.

 

โ€œWyoming is sending a message that it is prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests,โ€ Gordon spokesman Michael Pearlman said of the fund signed into law April 6.

 

The law puts West Coast states and Colorado on notice โ€” all seek to get a large share of their electricity from renewables but still get juice from aging Wyoming coal-fired power plants. The approach may run into legal troubles, though, according to one constitutional expert.

 

Lawsuits between states aren't unusual and often involve natural resources, such as water rights. Such cases can go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, if the justices agree to hear them.

 

Last year, Wyoming and Montana โ€” another major coal state โ€” asked the Supreme Court to override a decision by Washington state to deny a permit to build a coal export dock on the Columbia River. The interstate lawsuit followed years of unsuccessful attempts by the dock's developer, Utah-based Lighthouse Resources, to contest the permit denial in federal court.

 

The Supreme Court hasnโ€™t said yet if it will hear the case but the new legal fund approved resoundingly by the Wyoming Legislature and overseen by Gordon could help cover the cost of that litigation, Pearlman said.

 

All the while, prospects for Wyoming's coal industry are as dim as ever, even after President Donald Trump rolled back regulations on mining and burning the fossil fuel.

 

Wyoming coal production, which accounts for about 40% of the nation's total, has been in decline as utilities switch to gas, which is cheaper to burn to generate electricity. Solar and wind power also are on the rise as coal's share of the U.S. power market shrinks from about half in the early 2000s to less than 20% now.

 

Hope that other countries will use more U.S. coal, meanwhile, are fading fast. Lighthouse Resources filed for bankruptcy in December, further setting back the coal dock proposal.

 

So can state vs. state lawsuits help the coal industry?

 

"We're supportive of all the efforts of the state right now to protect and defend the industry," Wyoming Mining Association Executive Director Travis Deti said.

 

Wyoming could waste a lot of money trying to convince courts to help coal, countered University of Maryland environmental law professor Robert Percival.

 

โ€œI don't think they have a legal leg to stand on,โ€ Percival said.

 

The Constitution's Commerce Clause prohibits states from barring goods and services based on their state of origin. States are free, however, to regulate or outright prohibit certain goods and services โ€” coal and coal-fired electricity included โ€” as long as they don't intentionally target other states, Percival said.

 

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Anonymous ID: 56df45 May 2, 2021, 9:37 a.m. No.13564852   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>4856

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Anonymous ID: 56df45 May 2, 2021, 10:19 a.m. No.13565037   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Florida middle school killer dies in prison at 31

 

MIAMI (AP) โ€” The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison.

 

Florida Department of Corrections online records show Michael Hernandez, 31, died Thursday. He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institute, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Jacksonville. No cause of death was released, but WFOR-TV said Hernandez was seen on video collapsing, and no foul play is suspected.

 

Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the February 2004 murder of Jaime Gough when they were both 14-year-old students at Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay, just outside Miami.

 

Hernandez had lured Jaime into a handicapped stall before school with a promise to show him something. He then pulled out a knife, stabbed him more than 40 times and slit his throat. He then hid the knife in a secret compartment in his backpack and went to class.

 

After Jaime's body was found, a teacher noticed blood on Hernandez and notified police. It was discovered that Hernandez had become fascinated with serial killers, studying them online. He had made a list of people he wanted to slay, including Jaime. He was found guilty in 2008 of first-degree murder after a jury rejected his insanity plea.

 

Jorge Gough, Jaimeโ€™s father, told the Miami Herald that he was โ€œshockedโ€ to learn of Hernandez's death.

 

โ€œI was not expecting this at all,โ€ Gough said. He said he and his wife still talk about their son, who would now be 31, but โ€œnot in a sad way.โ€ His son was a straight-A student who played the violin.

 

โ€œWe miss him, and the big question is: What would he be today?โ€ he said.

 

Hernandez had planned to kill two friends, but Andre Martin got leery when Hernandez tried to lure him and Gough into the stall. The bell rang and the three went to class. The next day, Hernandez killed Gough.

 

Martin is now a Miami-Dade County police detective. He told the Herald he had mixed feelings about Hernandez's death.

 

โ€œMy continued condolences for Jaime Goughโ€™s parents, and the entire Gough family,โ€ Martin said. โ€œAnd the Hernandez family โ€” they were not the ones who committed a crime and they did lose a family member.โ€

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-middle-school-killer-dies-144733896.html

Anonymous ID: 56df45 May 2, 2021, 10:24 a.m. No.13565046   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5083

The leader of one of the world's biggest vaccine manufacturers said he fled India because of menacing threats

 

The CEO of the Serum Institute, a vaccine manufacturer in India, said he fled the country because of incessant threats against him.

 

In an interview with the Times of London, Adar Poonawalla said he went to England to escape threats from people claiming he's holding up vaccines.

 

"'Threats' is an understatement," Poonawalla said. "The level of expectation and aggression is really unprecedented."

 

"It's overwhelming. Everyone feels they should get the vaccine. They can't understand why anyone else should get it before them," he added. "They are saying if you don't give us the vaccine it's not going to be good. It's not foul language. It's the tone. It's the implication of what they might do if I don't comply."

 

The Serum Institute is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, producing more than 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca and Oxford vaccine every month.

 

At the time of his interview, Poonawalla said he'd stay in England for "an extended time, because I don't want to go back to that situation."

 

"Everything falls on my shoulders, but I can't do it alone," he added.

 

Hours after the interview was published, Poonawalla backtracked and wrote on Twitter that he'd return to India "in a few days."

 

The news of his departure from India comes as the country experiences deep surges in positive COVID-19 cases.

 

The nation reported a record high of 401,993 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. No other country has breached 400,000 daily cases.

 

Crematoriums across India are overwhelmed with bodies. Patients are dying as hospitals run out of oxygen. The country had reported more than 300,000 new cases each day for nine consecutive days before hitting the 400,000 mark.

 

India also reported more than 3,500 deaths on Saturday - the fourth day in a row that death counts have surpassed 3,000. Those numbers are likely an undercount. A New York Times investigation published this week found "mounting evidence" that suggested fatalities are being "overlooked or downplayed" by the government.

 

The situation has gotten so bad that people have surrounded his company multiple times and called him a "profiteer" of the COVID-19 vaccines.

 

"I don't think even God could have forecast it was going to get this bad," Poonawalla said in the interview.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/leader-one-worlds-biggest-vaccine-124612116.html

Anonymous ID: 56df45 May 2, 2021, 10:39 a.m. No.13565129   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5261

>>13565100

 

The National Space Council (NSC) was first created in 1989 by the administration of George H. W. Bush to review U.S. space policy and make recommendations to the president. It was active until 1993 before disbanding.

 

The Trump administration revived the NSC in 2017 under the leadership of then-Vice President Mike Pence (the vice president typically chairs the council), who challenged NASA to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 โ€” the goal of the agency's Artemis program. The NSC also informed Trump's space policy directives to reduce red tape for commercial spaceflights, improve cybersecurity in space and create the U.S. Space Force.