Spanish populist party VOX has promised to take the government to court over any climate-crazy policies the national government tries to enforce on regional governments. VOX has stated that it will pursue legal action against the left-wing national government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for any measure deemed to be unconstitutional or measures that fall to the roles of the regional governments themselves. The party, which is part of the government in the region of Castile and León following an election earlier this year, wrote to national Minister of Culture Miquel Iceta from the regions Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport on the issue, rebuking the national government’s proposed energy policy, El Mundo reports. Earlier this month, the Spanish government proposed that offices, shops and other venues not be allowed to set air conditioning below 27 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and not raise heating more than 19 degrees Celcius (66 degrees … [Read more...] about Spanish Populists Vow Court Action Over Govt ‘Climate Fanaticism’
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Colorado’s U.S. Senate candidates spar over $433 billion climate bill
While Colorado’s U.S. senators are taking a victory lap after passing a bill heralded as the largest climate change investment in history, the Republican nominee challenging Michael Bennet is labeling it a tax on lower-income Americans. Bennet and U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, both Democrats, celebrated the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage of their chamber at City Park Monday afternoon. Earlier in the day, O’Dea and the rest of the Republican slate for statewide office held a press conference outside his business where he slammed it. Senate Democrats boast the bill only raises taxes on high income earners and the largest corporations, while pushing down carbon emissions by 40% in the next decade, largely through new incentives . It also achieves a longstanding goal of the party in allowing Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices. “This is the single greatest climate rescue initiative in the history of the planet,” Hickenlooper said Tuesday afternoon. He was credited for … [Read more...] about Colorado’s U.S. Senate candidates spar over $433 billion climate bill
Lionsgate’s ‘Fall’ Used Deepfake-Style Tech to Change 30-Plus F-Bombs, Bringing Movie From R to PG-13 Rating
Click here to read the full article. The filmmakers behind indie action-thriller “ Fall ” were facing kind of a big freaking problem. Lionsgate wanted to pick up the movie for U.S. theatrical release. But “Fall,” a vertiginous white-knuckler about two young women who are in danger of plunging from the top of a 2,000-foot-tall radio tower, was rife with F-bombs — which would result in an R rating, cramping the box office take for the small-budget pic. More from Variety Lionsgate Chief Says Company Boasts Better Library Than MGM While Talking Up Acquisition Potential Lionsgate Launches Podcast Division With El Chapo Show Hosted by 50 Cent Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Takes Pay Cut With $5.6 Million Compensation Package The producers of “Fall,” which had a production budget of about $3 million, couldn’t afford to reshoot all the scenes in which the petrified tower-climbers screamed “fuck” (along with various permutations). The solution? Scott Mann, … [Read more...] about Lionsgate’s ‘Fall’ Used Deepfake-Style Tech to Change 30-Plus F-Bombs, Bringing Movie From R to PG-13 Rating
Yuh-Line Niou on Her Especially Personal Run for Congress
Photo: Ron Adar/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Yuh-Line Niou is used to running in a crowd. In 2016, she defeated five other candidates to win the Democratic nomination for the Assembly seat vacated by Speaker Sheldon Silver when he was indicted on corruption charges. Six years later, she is running for Congress against a dozen other candidates, including fellow front-runners City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera , former House impeachment counsel Dan Goldman, and Representative Mondaire Jones, in the newly redrawn Tenth District . It includes Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which she represents in Albany. If she wins, 39-year-old Niou — whose parents emigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan when she was a child — would become only the second Asian American elected to Congress from New York, after Grace Meng. She has been endorsed by progressive heavyweights like the Working Families Party and Sunrise Movement NYC, as well as by some of her fellow state lawmakers, like progressives Julia … [Read more...] about Yuh-Line Niou on Her Especially Personal Run for Congress
Pelosi on whether Taiwan trip was ‘worth it’: ‘Absolutely, without any question’
close Video O'Brien touts Pelosi's Taiwan trip, slams China for 'unacceptable' response Former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien joined 'The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton' to discuss Biden's foreign policy 'ineptitude' and U.S.-China relations. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened up about her controversial trip to Taiwan that triggered strong blow back from China and a headache for the Biden administration. "Absolutely, without any question," the California Democrat told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie when asked if the trip to Taiwan was "worth it." "I have overwhelming bipartisan support for our visit to Taiwan, as Speaker of the House and with the distinguished delegation that I went there with. We were very well received. Thousands of people in the streets." When asked why she went to Taiwan at this time, Pelosi explained to Guthrie that the trip was originally planned for earlier … [Read more...] about Pelosi on whether Taiwan trip was ‘worth it’: ‘Absolutely, without any question’
Inflation still sucks, but we’ll take whatever relief we can get
This story is part of CNN Business' Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. (CNN Business) It's August, which is an ideal time for a little late-summer economic vibe check. All of Wall Street is in the Hamptons or on Martha's Vineyard. Even the Fed is snoozing till September. So pour a cool glass of rosé, or whatever, and let's talk inflation. Where are we? How are things feeling? Well, it's taken approximately 8,000 years, but we're finally getting a liiitttle break from inflation. Here are a handful of bright spots for consumers: Gas prices in America have been falling for more than 50 consecutive days. The average cost of a gallon of gas, at a little over four bucks, is down almost a dollar since the June peak. Online retail prices fell 1% year-over-year in July, snapping nearly two years of persistent increases. The shift is even more pronounced on a month-over-month basis, in which online prices … [Read more...] about Inflation still sucks, but we’ll take whatever relief we can get
