Financial regulators are putting their environmental agenda into action as the Biden administration expands the ways the federal government will fight climate change. After years of pressure from environmentalists and advocates for tighter financial rules, leaders at the Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Treasury Department are laying out how the companies they regulate will be expected to respond to the climate-related risks facing the financial sector. “I think we've come a long way in a very short period of time, and that was necessary because we were starting from behind,” said Gregg Gelzinis, senior policy analyst at the liberal Center for American Progress. ADVERTISEMENT The SEC on Wednesday began the process of rewriting — and likely tightening — its guidelines for how publicly traded companies must disclose the way climate change affects their finances and outlook. The commission is also expected to boost its climate enforcement efforts after years of indifference from both Democratic and Republican chairmen. At the Fed, officials are mulling how to gauge the climate-related threats facing major banks and recently created a committee to study the issue. And Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Janet Louise Yellen Treasury announces sanctions on Saudi officials following Khashoggi report Poll: Biden approval holds steady as Democrats eye .9 T COVID-19 relief bill Senate confirms former Michigan governor Granholm as Energy secretary MORE is expected to bring on a climate czar to coordinate the department’s fight against what she calls an existential threat. “Eighteen months ago we weren't talking about this issue. Yet today, I think everyone would acknowledge that it's going to be a top priority for financial regulators for the foreseeable future,” Gelzinis said. The politically divisive nature of climate change in the U.S. has prevented federal regulators from addressing what’s become ...
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Antonio Brown Ran The Wrong Route For Super Bowl Touchdown From Tom Brady
By Michael Hurley , CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — If you were a regular spectator watching Super Bowl LV and watched as Antonio Brown put Tyrann Mathieu on roller skates, you would have assumed that the All-Pro caliber receiver was in lockstep with Tom Brady on their touchdown connection. RELATED: You Can Cross Taylor Heinicke's Name Off List Of Potential Patriots Quarterbacks You’d be assuming wrong, though. That’s because despite Brown getting open and despite Brady hitting him with a perfect strike, Brown ran the wrong route. BOOMIN ???? ????: #SBLV on CBS pic.twitter.com/ytAgUhB7Lh — Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) February 8, 2021 That much was known after the game, when the quarterbacks coach revealed to the world on Monday morning that Brown ran the wrong route. But it was shown to be quite true in the moment when the first bit of mic’d up segments ran on “Inside The NFL” on Tuesday night. Immediately after the Brown touchdown, microphones picked up backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert gleefully yelling to head coach Bruce Arians, “I don’t know what the [bleep] he ran, but he got open!” RELATED: Celtics Embarrassed By Fourth Quarter Against Jazz Blaine Gabbert after Antonio Brown ran the wrong route for a touchdown was pretty good though. pic.twitter.com/zGNGvLF5XL — Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) February 10, 2021 Whatever works. On Monday, QB coach Clyde Christensen spilled the beans on the route. “A.B., on his touchdown catch, was supposed to go down and in, and then pop back out. But he goes out and pops back in,” Christensen told The Pat McAfee Show . ” I’m kinda going through the headset, ‘Did he run the right route? Did he just do opposite of what he’s supposed to do, and we hit it for a touchdown?’ That was the case.” Christensen credited the 43-year-old Brady for reacting to the play in front of him. “That’s where Brady doesn’t get thrown for a loop,” Christensen said. “He just hits the guy. ...
Former St. Thomas Student Sentenced To 1 Year For Bomb Threats
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former University of St. Thomas student accused of calling in phony bomb threats targeting buildings where he was supposed to be attending class was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison. Authorities said Ray Persaud, 22, of Blaine, called in bomb threats on three separate occasions in 2019 because he had failed to complete his homework and was not prepared for class. The hoaxes resulted in the evacuation of buildings and in one case the shutdown of the entire St. Paul campus. RELATED: Buffalo Clinic Shooting: 1 Dead, 4 Injured; Gregory Ulrich Identified As Suspect “The bomb threats caused substantial fear and disruption to the university,” U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald said in a statement. RELATED: Woman Helps Get Nurses To Safety Amid Deadly Buffalo Clinic Shooting: 'They Got Out Of There Just In Time' Persaud pleaded guilty in September to one count of using an instrumentality of interstate commerce to make a threat to kill, injure, or intimidate any individual, and to damage or destroy any building, by means of fire and explosive. Judge Judge Eric C. Tostrud also ordered Persaud to serve two years of supervised release. MORE: 'As Heartbreaking As It Is Appalling': Minnesota Politicians Address Deadly Buffalo Clinic Shooting (© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) ...
Tom Brady (Jokingly) Planned To Cash In On Super Bowl Prop Bet
By Michael Hurley , CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Not only did Tom Brady win his seventh Super Bowl and fifth Super Bowl MVP Award on Sunday night, he also earned himself some extra coin. His incentive-laden contract included a $2.25 million bonus for winning the Super Bowl. RELATED: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Preview: 'Should Be A Little Closer To A U.S. Open,' Says CBS Sports' Frank Nobilo So, that’s great. Congrats to Tom on having some more money. Wahoo. Some extra gas money for that fancy yacht. Good to see that kid finally catch a break. Obviously, Brady has plenty of money, so nobody really cares about the exact amount that will show up in his direct deposit on Friday. But , according to Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen, Brady cooked up a pretty clever way for him and everyone else in the quarterbacks meeting room to game the system and bank some spending cash during Super Bowl LV. Christensen told the story on The Pat McAfee Show after the Buccaneers’ 31-9 win over the Chiefs: I’ll give you one funny story from our last quarterback meeting — unofficial, don’t get any … But we walk in and he, and you’re talking about your betting, but Brady was talking about, ‘ I got an idea. There’s a half-yard over-under for me rushing for a half a yard in the Super Bowl. Here’s what I’m saying: We all put in one million dollars, and the first time they’re in two three-techniques, I’m gonna gain six. And I’m gonna protect it the rest of the way, and we’re gonna fund our offseason .’ And so we were all laughing. And he goes, ‘ I promise you, if we have a million on it, I will not get sacked. We will not lose the half-yard .’ RELATED: Billy Conigliaro, First Player Drafted By Red Sox, Dies At 73 We didn’t do it, FYI, for the record, for the IRS and everyone. It was just a joke. Just a joke. But he was funny because he knew, someone had told him, ‘ There’s an over-under for you rushing a half a yard in the Super Bowl. ‘ So ...
Regional books: “Colorado’s Highest,” “Chili Peppers” and more
“Colorado’s Highest: The History of Naming the 14,000-Foot Peaks,” by Jeri L. Norgren, John Fielder and Robert L. Wogrin (John Fielder Publishing) Ever wonder how Mount Sneffles got its name? Or Mount Shavano? Or Quandary Peak? In “Colorado’s Highest,” Jeri L. Norgren not only tells how each of the more than 50 14,000-foot Colorado mountains were named but also gives the history of each peak. The volume is illustrated with John Fielder photographs and Robert L. Wogrin art, and includes maps and sketches from the 1870s Hayden Survey. Many of Colorado’s fourteeners were named for politicians and military figures, such as Mount Lincoln and Long’s Peak, along with little-known Mount Bross, which honors the lieutenant governor of Illinois. The tallest peak, Mount Elbert, was named for territorial secretary Samuel Hitt Elbert. There are peaks that honor Indians (Uncompahgre and Tabeguache). Some were given descriptive names: Maroon Bells for the color of its rocks; Capitol Peak for its shape; Mount of the Holy Cross for its cross-shape crevice; and Mount Massive for its size. Some of Colorado’s mountains were memorialized with little forethought. Charles Christopher Perry, an early explorer, named Grays and Torreys for friends (and half-a-dozen lesser mountains for other acquaintances). Over the years, some of the fourteeners’ names have been changed. Grays and Torreys were originally known as the Ant Hills. Sneffles was first dubbed Blaine. Names aren’t static, after all, as the current move to change the name of Mount Evans to something more politically correct shows. (Evans was named for the Colorado governor who defended the Sand Creek Massacre.) Incidentally, Sneffles comes from a Jules Verne novel. Mount Shavano was named after a Ute with the French name of Chaveneaux (blue flowers). Discoverers of a silver vein on Quandary Peak were unsure about its value and called their lode the Quandary, giving the mountain that name. In itself, Norgren’s ...
