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Kids who ride electric school buses to school are getting a healthier trip to school. One that is not exposing their developing lungs to asthma and cancer causing pollution because electric school buses don’t have a tailpipe like fossil-fueled buses.
Additionally, electric school buses account for less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of diesel- or propane-burning buses, helping us lower the risk of a warming planet. For communities across the Southeast that are ground zero for rising heat, sea-levels, and catastrophic hurricanes knowing that these buses reduce carbon pollution that is driving these threats is a double benefit.
Additionally, the economics of implementing electric buses mean real savings for the school district because the lifetime cost of operating those vehicles is significantly lower.
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Of course, R Congressmen like Chuck Fleischman voted against the Biden monetary Bill but tried to take credit for all it did for Tennessee. r's helped themselves to the money and now Biden won't help them any more with the result that the TN economy is slowing down.
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The decision concluded TWRA’s warrantless forays onto private property violate Article 1, Section 7 of the Tennessee Constitution, which reads in part: “The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures.”
This part of the ruling still concerns me:
"The ruling does not apply to privately-owned acreages that are left wild and unused — land the U.S. Supreme Court has dubbed “wild or waste lands” and concluded in a so-called “open fields doctrine” are not subject to traditional search and seizure Constitutional protections. The open fields doctrine has long allowed law enforcement to enter such properties without a warrant."
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"Look, I'm a grown man...running against a six year old." Biden does something Trump was too cowardly to do: Show up at he White House Press Corp Dinner and speak!
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From Heather Cox Richardson:
“I am in shock that a lawyer stood in the U.S. Supreme Court and said that a president could assassinate his political opponent and it would be immune as ‘an official act,’” lawyer Marc Elias, whose firm defends democratic election laws, wrote today on social media. He added: “I am in despair that several Justices seemed to think this answer made perfect sense.”
Elias was referring to the argument of Trump’s lawyer before the Supreme Court today that it could indeed be an “official act” for which a president should be immune from criminal prosecution if “the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him.”
Continued...
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"‘Misleading’: EPA lambasts TVA analysis for Kingston methane project
...EPA says solar would be ‘lower cost’, safer
TVA says that building a gas plant would be cheaper. EPA rejects this claim, which TVA made without disclosing its math, reminding the federal utility of its legal requirement to use “least-cost planning.”
“To meet TVA’s identified mandate, TVA should consider lower cost, lower risk, and more responsible alternatives that are viable,” EPA wrote, such as using a solar and storage system or a blend of renewables with a smaller amount of gas.
An independent study by the Applied Economics Clinic showed that the solar option proposed by TVA could save customers $1.3 billion over 20 years compared to the gas plant."
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"The Tennessee Capitol has always been a colorful place, with interesting characters and drama. But in my time, it was still an orderly body with a general sense of bipartisan fairness. The actions taken against what came to be known as the “Tennessee Three” seemed to be the opposite of any of that. So I went home to see with my own eyes if things were indeed as bad as they seemed.
And honestly, they’re worse than I imagined."
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Eco warriors and politics
- State, national Democrats urge gun policy reform after Nashville shooting (TN Lookout)
- U.S. Senate race likely to wrap without a debate (TN Lookout)
- As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge (TN Lookout)
- Nashville shooting sparks renewed pleas for an end to gun violence (TN Lookout)
- In one year, Palestinian-American Tennesseans have lost hundreds of family members (TN Lookout)
- Harris pursues undecided Latino voters in wide-ranging Univision town hall (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: You can’t watch Big Orange football without shopping and dining (TN Lookout)
- Federal appeals court weighs fate of DACA program (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Your brain can perceive subtle odor changes in a single sniff (Science News Daily)
- Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change (Science News Daily)
- Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered (Science News Daily)
- DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions (Science News Daily)
- Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice (Science News Daily)
- Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals (Science News Daily)
- A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes (Science News Daily)
- There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind: ventography (Science News Daily)
- What leads rivers to suddenly change course? (Science News Daily)
- The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
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