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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an event in 2018. Apple is one of 310 companies calling on the Biden administration to slash carbon emissions.; Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Eric McDaniel | NPR More than 300 businesses have signed an open letter calling on the Biden administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to at least half of 2005 levels by 2030. That would nearly double a previous target set by former President Barack Obama in 2015, who pledged a 25 to 28% reduction by 2025. The United States is not currently on track to meet either goal. The signatories include some of largest companies in the United States, including Walmart, Apple, McDonald’s and Starbucks. “A bold 2030 target is needed to catalyze a zero-emissions future, spur a robust economic recovery, create millions of well-paying jobs, and allow the U.S. to ‘build back better’ from the pandemic,” the letter said, echoing the president’s economic recovery slogan. A 50% reduction target would put the Biden administration in line with what groups such as the United Nations and National Academies of Science say is necessary to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. In a March statement calling for the same reductions target, the environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council said such a plan would “help pull the country out of the pandemic-induced recession by putting millions of Americans to work” and inspire more ambitious international climate action ahead of a major United Nations climate conference this November. Like President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to guide the United States to carbon-neutrality by the middle of the century, a 50% emissions reduction target would require steeper emissions cuts than the country has ever achieved. In 2019, greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 13% below 2005 levels, a decrease of just 1.8% from the previous year. The Biden administration has identified climate action as one of its top four

Versions of claim about the comedian’s unique contractual demand have been circulating online since at least 2014.

Freeman spoke about Musk in a 2016 televised interview.

Sam blames Covid for his lack of confidence when it comes to DIY (Picture: JustFix) A student has confessed to paying a tradesman £180 just to change the batteries in his carbon monoxide alarm, fearing he might get it wrong. Sam Daley told Metro he does not want to speak to anyone on the phone. He also lacks the confidence to negotiate, even though he studies law part time. Sam, from Nottingham, said: ‘There are skills that have been lost throughout the years, and it’s not just me. This anxiety has forced the 22-year-old hospitality worker to turn to an app for help even for the most mundane tasks like swapping batteries. ‘Especially with Covid-19 hitting us, it has taken two years out of my life, I guess in theory I could’ve used that for learning practical skills but I was a teenager at the time. ‘I have got to the point now when I have got so used to using Amazon and stuff I’m less inclined to figure things out for myself and I outsource that to other people. ‘I could learn how to do it, but it is too easy to go on the apps.’ Sam sourced a tradesman through JustFix – which matches people with tradesmen in their local area – and paid them £180 to put up a shelf and change the batteries. Sam said both he and his girlfriend lack confidence with ringing people up and would rather use an app (Picture: JustFix) He explained that he uses apps like ‘for everything and I have to call someone out for absolutely every job’. ‘I live in a house with my girlfriend and I had to use it to get someone in to put up a shelf,’ he added. ‘I even had to have someone in to replace the battery in a carbon monoxide alarm, which I subsequently found out is an easy thing to do – it’s just screwing things in. ‘I just feel lost with DIY as

The recent news about the sad deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, indicating that they perished days apart in the same house, with Hackman, dying second, not seeking help, has an even stranger precedent in the passing of once-famous conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton. You can read their entire story at Wikipedia. But the salient part for our purposes is this paragraph: On January 4, 1969, after they did not report to work and attempts to reach them by telephone failed, the police were called to investigate. The twins were found dead in their home, victims of the Hong Kong flu. According to the autopsy, Daisy died first; Violet died between two and four days later.[15] Violet had not called for any help.[14] Realistically speaking, what could Violet do? Perhaps the corpse of her sister could have been amputated safely, perhaps not. Sharing no organs with her twin, Violet might have survived. But she made a choice.

This is the only way I’d ever be able to knit a scarf by myself. More info: bicyclescreatechange.com

Then-President Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education in 1979. President Tweety McTreason began to close it in 2025.

Sunita “Suni” Williams had an unexpectedly long stay at the International Space Station after her capsule malfunctioned.

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry tells NPR that the U.S., China and other major emitters aren’t doing enough to stem climate change.; Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Ari Shapiro | NPR President Biden is pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% from 2005 levels by 2030. It’s an ambitious goal that requires transforming much of the economy. Renewable energy would need to make up half of the U.S. power supply from roughly 21% currently. Electric cars make up about 2% of sales now — by 2030, at least half, potentially all, new car sales would need to be electric, according to estimates. Many industrial manufacturing facilities would need to use technologies that haven’t been developed. It’s part of Biden’s effort to get the U.S. on track to reach the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Former President Tweety McTreason withdrew the U.S. from the agreement but Biden has formally rejoined. John Kerry is Biden’s special envoy for climate, a position that involves meeting with countries around the world about efforts to stem emissions. He calls the threat of climate change “existential.” “That means life and death. And the question is, are we behaving as if it is? And the answer is no,” Kerry said in an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered. This interview has been edited for length and clarity and includes extended Web-only answers. Interview Highlights Is this more a matter of shoot for the moon and if you miss, at least you’ll land among the stars? No, I think it’s achievable. And I think that people who’ve really studied this, analyzed it and thought about it for a long period of time believe it is achievable. Already the [car] marketplace is moving towards electric. I mean, you know, Joe Biden didn’t create the value of Tesla as the most valuable automobile company in the world. The market did

U.S. President Tweety McTreason has repeatedly said he wants to annex Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.

The recording supposedly depicted Trump saying of Washington, D.C., “From now on, it will be Washington, D.A., District of America.”

N-Zone , Arthur Lipsett , provided by the National Film Board of Canada In this experimental film, Arthur Lipsett pieces together his vision of this fragmented world using odds and ends from other people’s image and sound recordings. By juxtaposing these snippets of found film with snatches of comment or dialogue echoing the banality of human communication, Lipsett shows the emptiness of much of what we say or do. N-Zone is one man’s surrealist sampler of the human condition. The creator’s Wikipedia page.

The NBA star appeared to be pictured taking his photograph in a mirror while wearing the revealing outfit.

Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara began creating his “date paintings” on January 4, 1966. These were paintings of that day’s date, done in plain lettering against a solid background. If he couldn’t finish the painting on the day he started it, he would destroy it. Kawara continued creating date paintings until he died in 2014, creating over 3000 of them. Several of these date paintings have now sold for over $1 million. I like the concept, and I admire his commitment to his routine. But $1 million sure seems like a lot to pay for a painting of a date, especially when there’s 3000 similar paintings out there. More info: OnKawara.co.uk An example of a date painting