week getting worse. a trio of whistleblowers testifying on their experiences with bias in the bureau, they say all by design using scare tactics to silence opposing points of view. one whistleblower says he was forced to choose what he felt was right and feeding his family. i have since had to rely on charity, the fbi stopped paying me. you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. on one hand we want to try to get our jobs back because we are trying to do our patriotic duty. the other hand, we still have families to take care of. it s essentially a death sentence in the modern era. sandra: compelling testimony there. ben coming up this hour. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two, i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. always great to have you here in d.c. sandra: fun to be here. john: kinda way to keep you here, siphon the gas out of your car. and adidas is selling a women s swimsuit by using a male model. critics say it s about so much more tha
Has proposed stove efficiency rules i have raised concerns about. i appreciate the rules would only apply to new stoves, my view is it s part of a broader administration-wide effort to eliminate fossil fuels. jeff would have led the energy department s office of energy efficiency and renewable energy, which is tasked with decarbonnizing the u.s. economy. over the last five months, they have tightened regulations for ovens, washing machines, and next year on furnaces, fuel pumps, battery charges, ceiling fans and humidifiers. manchin, who represents coal country west virginia, sees it attack on fossil fuels and vowed to block all of the e.p.a. nominees over new proposed standards for power plants fired by fossil fuels. no word whether the white house reached out afterward. look, senator manchin is a friend, we have been able to do really historic, move forward historic pieces of legislation
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) abruptly canceled a committee vote Wednesday to advance President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy efficiency office, citing concerns over the candidate's support for the agency's proposed appliance efficiency standards, which could take half of all gas stoves off the market.
According to a recent study, if operators reduced output from the most polluting fossil fuel-based power plants when wind energy is available, the health benefits of using wind energy could more than quadruple.
A series of national workshops hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Energy Transition Institute (ETI) identified research priorities at the intersection of energy technology and social justice, a key area of focus for agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy and its energy justice initiative.