Advocates hopeful climate bill can pass Oregon Legislature
June 2, 2021
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) Oregon would adopt one of the country’s most ambitious timelines for eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from its power grid under a bill being considered by the Legisltature this year.
House Bill 2021 a product of negotiations between the state’s largest utilities, environmental justice groups, renewable energy boosters and more advanced out of one House committee late last month. It must now navigate the state budgeting process before final votes in the House and Senate.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the bill sets a timetable by which Oregon’s two major power companies, Portland General Electric and Pacific Power, must eliminate emissions associated with the electricity they provide. Five “electricity service suppliers” in the state also would face regulation, though their emissions are tiny compared to the big utilities.
With a net worth of aboutUS $80 billion, Mukesh Ambani is again richer than Zhong Shanshan, whose bottled-water company tanked a record 20% this week. The Chinese tycoon is worth US$76.6 billion, down more than $22 billion from a peak just last week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. - Reuters SINGAPORE, Feb 28 (Bloomberg): India’s Mukesh Ambani is back to being the wealthiest person in Asia.
Despite a brutal week for markets, his Reliance Industries Ltd. was relatively unscathed as it said it would spin off its oil-to-chemicals business into an independent unit.
With a net worth of aboutUS $80 billion, Ambani is again richer than Zhong Shanshan, whose bottled-water company tanked a record 20% this week. The Chinese tycoon is worth US$76.6 billion, down more than $22 billion from a peak just last week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Tentative agreement: Minister Shandro and AMA President Dr. Boucher
Minister of Health Tyler Shandro and Alberta Medical Association (AMA) President Dr. Paul Boucher issued the following statements on a tentative agreement for physicians:
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“First, I want to acknowledge the tremendous work of Alberta’s physicians in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Albertans from across the province are grateful to physicians who, along with other health-care workers, have made great personal sacrifices to keep them safe during this unprecedented public health emergency.