The Interior Department has lifted a stop-work order on a major wind project under construction off New York's coast, developer Equinor and state officials said Monday.
Why it matters: The multi-billion dollar project's halt last month sent shock waves through the industry.
Extreme weather worsened by climate changeand insurance market gaps together create systemic jeopardy for mortgage providers, the risk modeling group First Street finds.
Why it matters: Its granular new report is the "first national-scale analysis of the relationship between physical climate risk and mortgage defaults," First Street said.
After targeting dyes and other chemicals allowed for use in food, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is zeroing in on the active ingredient in Roundup in his bid to root out what he calls environmental toxins that contribute to chronic disease.
Why it matters: The herbicide glyphosateis expected to feature prominently in a report due out this week from President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission, which was charged with identifying top contributors to America's chronic health problems.
Former President Biden is being praised following his prostate cancer diagnosis for his efforts in spearheading Cancer Moonshot, an initiative that's designed to improve treatments and combat rates of the disease.
The big picture: Former President Obama, who appointed Biden to lead the drive a year on from his son Beau Biden's 2015 death from brain cancer, said after it was announced that his VP has an aggressive for of cancer that's spread to his bones: "Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe."
Powerful storms with tornado reports in the Midwest and other regions have led to at least 18 deaths in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and two in northern Virginia.
The big picture: The storms were part of a weather system Friday that moved across multiple U.S. regions, including the Great Lakes area, and triggered power outages and property damage.
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