Jul 17, 2022 | North America
The Supreme Court and the wider context The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States of America. It consists of nine justices which are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate [2]. They are appointed for life [3]. While it has both...
Apr 1, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Understanding land-use change Land-use itself is a relatively broad term referring to any form of human-assigned purpose or management practice [7]. The ‘use’ of the land is then categorized based on these purposes, such as cropland, livestock grazing or...
Mar 18, 2022 | North America
Manchin at it again The ball started rolling on the 19th of December 2021. On that day, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin gave an interview on Fox News stating he would no longer support the bill [2]. With all Democrats’ votes being needed in order to pass the BBBA...
Feb 27, 2022 | North America
Energy efficiency 12.5 billion USD is allocated for improvements in home energy efficiency and for appliance electrification rebates. About 30% of GHG pollution in the US comes from buildings [3]. 1. 360 million USD is provided to states for training courses for...
