Biden Should Invoke National Emergency on Climate, Schumer Says Bloomberg 1/26/2021 Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy
(Bloomberg) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, a controversial move that would give the new administration sweeping authority to circumvent Congress to combat global warming.
Declaring a climate emergency could unlock new powers for Biden, including the ability to redirect funding for clean energy projects, shut down crude oil exports, suspend offshore drilling and curtail the movement of fossil fuels on pipelines, trains, and ships. Former President Donald Trump used the tactic in February 2019 to divert billions of dollars to start construction on the wall along the southern border after Congress refused to appropriate the funding.
Schumer Asks Biden to Seek More Than $1.3 Trillion in Relief Bloomberg 13/01/2021 Erik Wasson and Laura Davison
(Bloomberg) Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pressed President-elect Joe Biden to propose more than $1.3 trillion in spending for his initial round of Covid-19 relief, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The two have discussed Biden’s plans ahead of the president-elect’s announcement on his economic-rebuilding proposals, the person said, asking not to be named as the talks were private. Biden is set to speak at 7:15 p.m. Thursday to outline “his vaccination and economic rescue legislative package,” his transition team said in a statement.
WHO Team Set for China Trip; N.J. Honor System: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/11/2021
(Bloomberg)
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE raised their Covid-19 vaccine production target for this year to 2 billion shots. The previous production target was 1.3 billion doses. A World Health Organization team of scientists is beginning a long-delayed trip to China to study the origins of the virus.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reaffirmed his goal of doling out 1 million doses by the end of January. Los Angeles, the epicenter of the latest U.S. wave, will turn Dodger Stadium into a mass vaccination center to inoculate as many as 12,000 people a day.
WHO Team Set for China Trip; N.J. Honor System: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/11/2021
(Bloomberg)
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE raised their Covid-19 vaccine production target for this year to 2 billion shots. The previous production target was 1.3 billion doses. A World Health Organization team of scientists is beginning a long-delayed trip to China to study the origins of the virus.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reaffirmed his goal of doling out 1 million doses by the end of January. Los Angeles, the epicenter of the latest U.S. wave, will turn Dodger Stadium into a mass vaccination center to inoculate as many as 12,000 people a day.