Scientific American magazine announced Monday that it was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 race, citing her plans to improve the nation's health care system, fight climate change and support reproductive rights.
Why it matters: This is only the second time in the magazine's 179-year history that it has made an endorsement in a presidential race, the publication's editors wrote in an op-ed.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is testing what it says is the first respirator developed specifically for battling wildfires.
Why it matters: The device would at last shield wildland firefighters from toxic smoke that most inhale without proper protection, especially as the wildfire season is made even longer by climate change.
More high-speed charging stations for electric vehicles will be available in urban parking garages under a deal to be announced today between BP Pulse and LAZ Parking, a leader in digital parking technology, Axios is first to report.
Why it matters: Finding a place to charge an EV is especially difficult in densely packed cities, where many people live in apartment buildings and don't have access to a home charger.
