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“It was not long after the introduction of the tariffs that we faced this global pandemic, and that was a crushing impact.”
Kidd said the supply chain challenges are exacerbated by the enormous amount of cargo still to be unloaded at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the nation’s biggest, respectively. Sixty-two ships were waiting to be unloaded on Oct. 12, and some have waited for as long as 24 days to obtain a berth....
Once the ports in the USA are clear and they are back to business as usual, the ports in China where all these containers are packed for shipment to the USA, there are enormous problems, including rotting produce probably.
It is time to realize part of China's national defense is to undo every aspect of the USA democracy. It is time to reassess that relationship and move to bring the supply chain into other countries we trust and call friends.
The prize was launched in October 2020 in order to search for inspiring and innovative solutions to problems facing the planet.
The finalists were selected by experts who were looking for projects that had a "significant positive impact" on people and the natural world.
Five winners, each receiving £1m, will be announced in a ceremony in October.
The prize was inspired by US President John F Kennedy's "Moonshot" programme, which resulted in the US Apollo lunar launches and the first man setting foot on the Moon in 1969....
October 7, 2021
Britain's Prince William, (click here) Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George (seated), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis with Sir David Attenborough in the gardens of Kensington Palace in London after The Duke and Sir David attended an outdoor screening of Sir David's upcoming feature film, on Sept. 24, 2020.
As Prince William prepares (click here) for the inaugural Earthshot Prize Awards this weekend, he noted that part of the inspiration for his climate activism comes from one particular eight-year-old. During an interview with BBC Newscast on BBC Sounds, the Duke of Cambridge discussed his son, Prince George's frustration after a litter picking outing with his school, Thomas's Battersea.
"So George at school recently has been doing litter picking and I didn't realize but talking to him the other day he was already showing that he was getting a bit confused," William said.
"[He was] a bit sort of annoyed by the fact they went out litter picking one day and then the very next day, they did the same route, same time and pretty much all the same litter they picked up was back again," the Prince noted. "And I think that for him he was trying to understand how and where it all came from. He couldn't understand, he's like, 'Well, we cleaned this. Why has it not gone away?'"
The Duke of Cambridge also expressed concern that his son's generation will still be tackling climate change in 30 years, when it "will be too late."
Prince William's Earthshot Prize is his new initiative to help the environment. The Duke developed the prize to find innovative and workable solutions to the world’s biggest environmental challenges. When launching the prize, William pledged to make the "maximum positive personal contribution" so he could "look my children in the eye and say that I did my bit."...
The Queen (click here) has appeared to suggest she is irritated by people who "talk" but "don't do", ahead of next month's climate change summit.
Her reported remarks were overheard during the opening of the Welsh parliament on Thursday.
The monarch, who is due to attend the UN's COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, said she did not know who was coming to the event.
Prince Charles and Prince William have also spoken of their climate concerns.
Global leaders are meeting in Glasgow between 31 October and 12 November to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures....
People like US Senator Joe Machin ARE THE PROBLEM. There should be international sanctions against them, including obstruction of trips abroad and the rest. There is no need for Machin to be this difficult. He is power hungry and has no intentions of the USA limiting the use of coal. It is an international problem that needs internatinoal attention. There are limits on what the USA can do with these people.
October 14, 2021
By Alex J. Rouhandeh
Cecil Roberts, (click here) president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), told Newsweekon Wednesday that he could not support PresidentJoe Biden's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan with its current goal of achieving 80 percent carbon-free electricity by 2030 and 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035.
Part of the plan, the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), consists of a $150 billion program designed to increase the amount of clean energy distributed to consumers by 4 percent each year. Companies that complete this objective would receive financial incentives and those that fail would face financial penalties.
Under this plan, Roberts said, coal-fired power plants could face a succession of closures, as they would likely fail to meet these deadlines. While coal plants could theoretically meet requirements through the process of storing emissions using carbon capture and sequestration, current technology. Roberts said, makes it unfeasible and that he does not expect it to catch up by the time of Biden's proposed deadlines....
It isn't as thoiugh Manchin is carrying out the business of the people of West Virginia either.
He was born and raised near the Billion Dollar Coalfield in the southern part of the state. His father worked in the mines, just like his father had before him.
As a child, Hannah saw the economic prosperity that the industry brought to his town. But he was also there for the bad times, when jobs dried up and people were forced out of their homes, away from their families, and the only employment they had known. He watched in horror as vibrant towns turned into hollowed-out shells.
"Everything was built to serve this one industry," he told the Washington Examin.er. "When the jobs went, everything else collapsed."...
President Biden needs to address the needs of the people of West Virginia. He can look into their future and find opportunity for them. Evidently, Machin is not capable.
This edition of "PBS News Hour" is chocked full of Democratic issues, including the very ineffective fuel availablity and cost and the energy crisis. Let's face it who wants energy from petroleum anymore? It is hideous to try and live a Middle Class life when the costs of fueling up an internal combustion engine changes from day to day. That won't hapen with electric vehicles. Energy costs to consumers will stabilize and be very reliable. Electric Vehicles transportation costs won't destroy vacations either.
