President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request increases discretionary funding for the Department of Interior (DOI) by $2 billion to $18.9 billion—a 12-percent increase from this year’s enacted spending plan. Much of that proposed hike chips away at long-lingering deferred maintenance backlogs, beefs up federal wildlands fire-fighting capacities, accelerates water development projects, sustains…
IN DEPTH: Blanket Budget Slash to ’22 Spending Levels Could Defund Biden’s Green Energy Push
April 20, 2023
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California Invests $5 Million in Desalination Projects
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Wednesday it is investing $5 million in three projects to help diversify potable water supplies for local communities. The DWR also announced it is working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to support another six projects to “advance desalination implementation and research.” “California is…
Confidence in Childhood Vaccine Dips by 44 Percent During COVID-19
April 19, 2023
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A new report on immunisation suggests that confidence in childhood vaccines has fallen up to 44 percent in 52 countries coinciding with the largest sustained backslide in childhood immunization in 30 years, fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The only three countries where vaccine confidence remained steady were China, India, and Mexico. The data from these…
Thousands to Witness Rare Solar Eclipse
Day is set to turn into night when the sun vanishes from the sky during a rare total solar eclipse on a remote peninsula on the Western Australian coast. About 20,000 eclipse chasers from around the world are expected to witness the phenomenon on Thursday when the moon casts a 40-kilometre-wide shadow over the World…
Sky-High Emotions as Total Solar Eclipse Wows Thousands
Thousands of sightseers gathered in Western Australia’s red dirt as a total solar eclipse plunged day into darkness for one minute during the rare celestial event. The total eclipse fell across the North West Cape in WA’s north at about 11.29 a.m. AWST (1.29 p.m. AEST) when the moon completely blocked the sun for a…
House Advances Resolution to Restore Solar Panel Tariffs Targeting China
April 19, 2023
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The House Ways and Means Committee had a busy Wednesday morning focused on China, starting with a vote against the Biden administration’s emergency move to shield some Chinese-made solar panels from tariffs. “Congress must act in this instance to hold accountable bad actors in global trade, and in particular, Chinese wrongdoing,” said Rep. Jason Smith…
Assessing Mechanism, Risks of Semaglutide, the Weight Loss Drug Credited by Elon Musk
Ozempic and Wegovy, launched by the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, have received much praise on social media outlets as “magic weight loss drugs” by some people who are keen to lose weight. They both contain semaglutide as the main ingredient. Tesla CEO Elon Musk once said on Twitter that in addition to paying attention…
Senators Question Feasibility of EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards
April 18, 2023
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Lawmakers questioned the feasibility of new vehicle tailpipe emissions proposals from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which the agency predicts will lead to the mass adoption of electric light- and medium-duty vehicles within a decade. The April 18 hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety of the Senate Environment…
The Traditional Practice of Eating Nutrient-Rich Foods to Prepare for Conception
April 18, 2023
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One of Dr. Weston Price’s most interesting discoveries in his studies of non-industrialized peoples was the practice of consuming special nutrient-dense foods in preparation for pregnancy. As Price reported in his book “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration,” these foods were often considered sacred and were consumed by both men and women for about six months before…
Too Quick to Cut: The Dark Side of Surgery in Women’s Medicine
April 18, 2023
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In my teens, I had terrible cramps that came every month with my periods. They were so painful that I was incapacitated for one week out of every four, making my life miserable. I went to countless doctors and specialists, who either told me to “deal with it” or prescribed medication. The drugs were so…
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