A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago. James Halsell Jr, an ex-space shuttle commander, was allegedly under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he drove a rental car into the back of another vehicle carrying 11-year-old Niomi Deona James
Courtesy of NRDC.By Sujatha Bergen & Susan Casey-Lefkowitz President Biden is set to release his first detailed budget proposal. This blueprint for government spending is an enormous opportunity to eliminate handouts to the fossil fuel industry through the new American Jobs Plan and Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Here’s what the budget should eliminate: loopholes in
With variable renewable energy (VRE) expected to become a much larger share of the global energy mix, storage solutions are needed beyond short-duration timescales, such as standard commercial batteries, which are suitable for covering hourly differences in net load. A Nature Energy “News & Views” article by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) research engineer Omar J. Guerra
In this article @LCO.4 @CL.1 Consumers pump gas at a Costco gasoline station on May 11, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty Images Gasoline prices are expected to be the highest for a Memorial Day weekend in seven years, and prices could stay elevated all summer, as Americans take to the
Plans to fully reopen society on 21 June “look somewhat in doubt” after cases of the Indian COVID variant in England doubled in the space of a week. Professor Danny Altmann of Imperial College London told Sky News that the final stage of the roadmap, which would see all limits on social contact lifted, are
Syria’s President Bashar al Assad has been re-elected with 95.1% of the vote, according to officials in the country, as the West denounced the vote as illegitimate. Officials said 78.6% of eligible voters cast their ballot – but in a country where many are displaced after a 10-year conflict, this figure has been questioned. Areas
Marcus Rashford has had a Zoom call with Barack Obama, describing the experience as “surreal”. The 23-year-old footballer met virtually with the former president and the pair bonded over their shared experiences of being raised by single mothers and wanting to make an impact on society. Rashford, who has been an outspoken champion for tackling
More than 1.5 million people flew into the UK between January and April while the UK’s borders were supposed to be heavily restricted, new figures reveal. Home Office data shows that about two-thirds of arrivals in 2021 were non-UK nationals. Labour says the figures demonstrate that the government’s border policy is “weak and dangerous”. Shadow
The state of California recently ordered 52 solar-powered EV chargers from San Diego-based Beam Global. The off-grid clean energy chargers will provide electricity in emergency situations and charge zero-emissions state fleets. They will be paired with energy storage systems in order to provide electricity during outages, at night, and when weather reduces solar production. Typically,
Tesla’s plan for a retractable solar bed cover on its Cybertruck electric pickup truck has been revealed in a new patent application. After the launch of the Cybertruck, CEO Elon Musk surprised many when he said that Tesla’s new electric pickup truck will have a solar roof option that will add 15 miles of range per
In this article GOOGL Google signage. NurPhoto | Getty Images At Google’s annual marketing event Thursday, the company is showcasing ways advertisers will continue to be able to reach consumers as it reduces support for tracking cookies, which advertisers have used for decades to track users across sites to target ads and measure how effective
The vortex caused by the collapse of Greensill Capital has consumed the fortunes of its eponymous founder Lex, the reputation of former prime minister David Cameron and, most seriously of all, may yet do the same for Liberty Steel and the 3,000 jobs it supports. Rishi Sunak and the Treasury officials who were the subject
7:00 AM ET After a two-week run at the top by the Chicago White Sox, a new team has overtaken the AL Central leaders for the No. 1 spot in our MLB Power Rankings this week. Will the Los Angeles Dodgers regain their place there after looking more like the team we expected to see
Matt Hancock has insisted the government “worked as hard as we could to protect care homes” following scathing criticism from Dominic Cummings. The health secretary has defended himself for the second time in a day in the wake of the attacks from Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser. One of the key claims made by Mr
The number of cases of the Indian COVID variant in England has risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week, according to official figures. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the variant is spreading and the latest estimates show it makes up more than half – and possibly as many as three quarters – of all
Members of the environmental group MilieuDefensie celebrate the verdict of the Dutch environmental organisation’s case against Royal Dutch Shell Plc, outside the Palace of Justice courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Some of the world’s largest corporate emitters have suffered a series