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G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing

G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a Rome summit before a much larger U.N. climate conference.
by The Associated Press

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Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress

Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress

No one is really cheering on a guy named Brandon. Instead, the phrase is being used in conservative circles in place of a more vulgar message directed at President Joe Biden.
by Wynne Davis and Scott Simon

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Here's why the other 48 states care who's governor of Virginia and New Jersey

Here's why the other 48 states care who's governor of Virginia and New Jersey

As the first statewide tests of a new political reality, Virginia and New Jersey send a signal early in a presidential term — much as Iowa and New Hampshire do in a presidential campaign.
by Ron Elving

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U.S. reaches deal with European Union over steel and aluminum tariffs

U.S. reaches deal with European Union over steel and aluminum tariffs

The U.S. and the European Union have reached an agreement to settle their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs, the White House announced Saturday, as President Joe Biden is in Rome attending the Group of 20 summit.
by The Associated Press

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Walz opts for insider for new MPCA commissioner

Walz opts for insider for new MPCA commissioner

Gov. Tim Walz has chosen engineer Katrina Kessler, an assistant commissioner since 2019, to lead the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. She assumes the job months after the governor’s prior commissioner resigned amid a confirmation fight.
by Brian Bakst

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G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

The presidents and prime ministers representing 80 percent of the global economy will confront a recovery hampered by an energy crunch that's spurring higher fuel and utility prices, new COVID-19 outbreaks and logjams in supply chains. President Joe Biden has said he wants to press other leaders on high oil prices.
by The Associated Press

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