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To be truly fossil fuel free, the rest of the transportation industry, semi-trucks, delivery vans and school buses (and airplanes and boats) also need to make the switch. There are currently about a half-million school buses in the US and only around 13,000 of them are electric. A report from the Public Interest Research Group (PRIG) estimates that transitioning nationwide to all-electric school bus fleets would avert 5.3 million tons of greenhouse gas emission each year, the equivalent of the annual tailpipe and upstream emissions from about 600,000 Ford Explorers....

While Trump campaigned on a promise to revive the coal industry, the sector has declined during his presidency. Although the president has rolled back 85 environmental rules in an attempt to help revive business, according to The New York Times, a natural gas boom and the country’s increasing use of renewable energy sources have stymied those attempts. Coal provided just 27.5 percent of Americans’ electricity last year, according to the Energy Information Administration, down from nearly half just a decade ago....

Roughly midway through Green’s appearance on the show, Peyton Manning asked whether it was true that the Warriors star, who went No. 35 overall in his draft, could name each of the players taken in front of him. The three-time NBA All-Star and champion quickly rattled off several names before Manning stopped him. MORE: Peyton, Eli try to debunk Manningcast curse on ‘Monday Night Football,’ but fail spectacularly Eventually, the ESPN2 broadcast brought up a list of each of the players taken in front of Green, including one Fab Melo, who went No....

Peyton and Eli Manning are arguably as intimately connected with the Nebraska city as they are with New York, Indianapolis or Denver. They have built lucrative careers, on the field and off, with the help of one word. MORE: Whatever you do, don’t call Peyton Manning old | Best of the Mannings During the Broncos’ run to the Super Bowl in the 2013-14 season, microphones picked up Peyton saying “Omaha” 44, count ’em, times....

One of these women was Daria Rose, a Harvard graduate and current student at Yale Law School. The 24-year-old was eliminated in the first episode but surely made an impression with viewers as her name trended on Twitter during the January 3 premiere. Over the weekend, Rose posted a video to TikTok which has now been viewed over 800,000 times discussing how much money she spent on dresses for the show....

“I’m 100% on board with $2000 survival checks for struggling families,” the Massachusetts Senator tweeted on Wednesday morning. “House and Senate Dems are united on this. What do you say, @SenateMajLdr McConnell? Does your caucus have the heart to give the American people the relief they’ve needed for months?” Congress finally reached a deal earlier this week on a second round of coronavirus legislation, nearly nine months after lawmakers passed the historic $2 trillion CARES Act at the end of March....

The poll offered positive standings for former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Warren, but a potentially concerning result for Sanders. Biden and Warren are dead even, each pulling 23 percent of the votes. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is polling at 16 percent. Sanders is polling at 13 percent. No other candidates have received more than 5 percent support for the caucus, which is the first of the 2020 election and is scheduled for February 3....

In the essay, which was published Monday by The New York Times, Warren listed rooting out corruption among government officials as one Democratic priority in need of progress. The Massachusetts lawmaker did not refer to Pelosi by name but mentioned the “Democratic speaker of the House” while calling for members of Congress and their spouses to be prohibited from owning or trading individual stocks. “Whether you’re a Republican senator or the Democratic speaker of the House, it is obvious to the American people that they should not be allowed to trade individual stocks and then vote on laws that affect those companies,” Warren wrote in the essay....

This time it’s Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency never intended to be taken seriously— how could it be, with a crypto coin that features a dog’s head? “Arguably the most entertaining outcome, the most ironic outcome, would be that Dogecoin becomes the currency of Earth of the future,” Musk said earlier this month on Clubhouse, an audio-only app. Dogecoin, cooked up by software developer Billy Markus as a joke in 2013, is nevertheless on the move, gaining more than 50% this month....

Replying to Twitter user @WholeMarsBlog, who posted a clip from a video posted by Munro, Musk said that the company is working to improve the technology as fast as possible. “FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great imo, but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible. We’re trying to have a single stack for both highway & city streets, but it requires massive NN retraining.” In the video of the original tweet, Munro is testing out Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free driver assist technology....

On Thursday, Musk tweeted a link to his letter to Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor, announcing the bid, which values the social media company at $43 billion. In the letter, Musk highlighted that he believed Twitter’s full potential is yet to be realized and he also said it was an important platform for free speech. Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage tweeted that Musk’s move was “the best news for free speech in years....

In what could be a dig at President Joe Biden or his predecessor Donald Trump, Musk said that there must come a point when a politician’s time is up. “Let’s set an age limit after which you can’t run for political office, perhaps a number just below 70…” said his tweet which as of Thursday morning had been liked more than 76,000 times. Musk did not specify whether he was referring to the U....

That is according to a back-and-forth private Twitter conversation between Musk and University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney. Musk, who was named TIME’s 2021 Person of the Year, has been viewed as a polarizing figure in recent years. The billionaire entrepreneur known for Tesla and SpaceX also routinely chimes into political matters, most recently referring to President Joe Biden as a “sock puppet.” Sweeney, 19, shared the conversation that originated last November with Newsweek....

The Lincoln Project removed Weaver from its leadership in late January, after a New York Times report claimed he had sexually harassed nearly two dozen young men online for years. At the time, the Lincoln Project published a statement condemning Weaver and stating it was “shocked and sickened” by the accusations. But now, new evidence has emerged accusing the organization of knowing about the allegations against Weaver since last summer....

The Indonesian House of Representatives finalized the bill, which officially begins the process of moving the federal government. Nusantara, which was named by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, will be located on the island of Borneo, 1,200 miles away from Jakarta. However, Jakarta, which is situated on Indonesia’s most populous island, Java, will still remain the cultural, economic and financial heart of the nation, according to officials. The law reportedly describes the “preparations, development and relocation” of Nusantara as a “ten-year national priority....

Edinson Cavani was sent tumbling inside the box by Pedro Mendes – already on a yellow card – with 10 minutes left but official Clement Turpin signalled for play to continue. PSG 11/2 to win Champions League Montpellier defender Mendes did not appear to make contact with the ball and Emery was unsure how the foul was missed. He told a post-match news conference: “The penalty is very clear. The referee made the difference on it....

Emery was hired at the start of last season after guiding Sevilla to three successive Europa League titles, as PSG aimed to take themselves to the next level in the Champions League. But his first season in charge did not go to plan, with PSG losing out to Monaco in the title race and suffering a humiliating Champions League last-16 exit at the hands of Barcelona, despite winning their first leg 4-0 in Paris....

It will be the ninth time Arsenal have invited three clubs to their pre-season invitational, with the first edition in 2007 featuring Paris Saint-Germain, Valencia and Inter. The likes of Real Madrid, Juventus and Boca Juniors have all played in the tournament since then, and two new teams as well as one returning club will feature alongside the Gunners this year. Arsenal’s pre-season fixtures in full We’ve collected all the information you need to know ahead of Arsenal’s weekend showcase on July 29 and 30....

After years of television and movies, the two-time Emmy Award winner, Oscar and Tony nominee, and accomplished singer/songwriter/actor has found her sweet spot in the theater. A Man of No Importance, which opens on October 11 at Classic Stage Company in New York, is a show that Winningham says she will look back on for a long time. “It’s such a gorgeous piece of writing from the great late Terrence McNally and his partners Lynn Ahrens and Steve Flaherty doing the lyrics and the music,” Winningham told Newsweek....