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UPDATE: The Biden administration has issued a second waiver of U.S. shipping requirements as it seeks to get more fuel to the East Coast in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown that caused tanks and filling stations to run dry. The waiver, announced late Thursday night, gives an unnamed company a limited exemption. Homeland Security did not provide any details about the recipient of the new waiver or how long it would be valid.
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) –The Biden administration temporarily eased century-old U.S. shipping requirements so a foreign tanker could transport gasoline and jet fuel to the East Coast for Valero Energy to the East Coast, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Does a COVID-19 vaccine give you more protection than a previous infection?
By Jack Nissen
Top Macomb County officials say supply of vaccine is greater than demand
A press conference was held Tuesday at the county’s main vaccination site as officials shared what’s happening in their respective departments. But they really were there to push a message against vaccine hesitancy.
FERNDALE, Mich. - Michigan is still coming down from its latest coronavirus surge but the state is already eyeing what a summer without restrictions could look like.
It may be months before enough citizens have gotten their first vaccine shot that Michigan would remove its mask order, according to the governor s Mi Vacc to Normal plan. Some estimates believe that won t happen until August.
Watch Live: Biden Unveils Plan To Slash US Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 50% During Global Climate Summit
by Tyler Durden
Thursday, Apr 22, 2021 - 07:40 AM
Update (0830ET): President Biden and VP Harris kicked off the Leaders Summit on Climate Thursday with welcoming remarks, calling on the world leaders to take action to combat climate change collectively as he announced his aggressive new goal on greenhouse gas emissions, which we noted below.
Following opening remarks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on countries, especially major emitters, to submit new and more ambitious plans laying out actions and policies that will align the next 10 years with a 2050 net-zero pathway.