Republicans are starting their all-out assault on ESG by targeting a Biden administration rule for retirement plan fiduciaries, Axios has learned.
Driving the news: Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) are attempting to dismantle a recent Department of Labor rule allowing retirement plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment actions.
A destructive winter storm that's unleashed blizzard conditions and freezing rain on much of the country while spawning deadly tornadoes in the U.S. South began impacting the Northeast on Thursday night.
The big picture: More than 40 million people across the U.S. were under winter storm warnings or advisories Thursday, as the severe storm caused widespread power outages and travel chaos across several states.
The path to powering the world with nuclear fusion energy involves solving key materials science and technology problems.
The big picture: This week's announcement of a major fusion reaction advance was a demonstration of the physics at the heart of a clean energy source scientists have pursued for decades. But scientific and engineering challenges remain, particularly the development of new materials.
A severe winter storm is closing in on the East Coast as it finishes sweeping through the Midwest and the Plains with blizzard conditions and freezing rain while spawning tornadoes in the southeast.
State of play: More than 40 million people across the U.S. were under winter storm warnings or advisories on Thursday morning.
A new study connects present-day emissions burdens with historic discrimination in the U.S. housing market more than 80 years ago.
Between the lines: It's no secret that environmental health hazards aren't equally distributed, with Americans of color disproportionately exposed to air pollution, but the mechanisms fueling some of these systemic inequities are typically less quantified.
A blast of Arctic air straight from Siberia is poised to spread across the continental U.S. around Christmas, shattering records and potentially spinning up major storms.
Why it matters: Meteorologists tell Axios this may be the most extreme cold air mass to affect the U.S. during December in many years, with computer model data showing temperatures running 30 degrees below average by Dec. 23.
