As our seasons shift forward, the “June gap” now arrives towards the end of May. In…
Day: May 29, 2020
The coming recession is the best reason to step up the pace of renewables investment | Frank Jotzo
The Covid-19 recession will bring fiscal stimulus on a massive scale. There are high hopes that…
Schumer to ‘conspiracy caucus’ GOP: Stop probe into origins of Russia investigation
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on…
UK spring the sunniest since records began, says Met Office
The UK has recorded the sunniest spring since records began in 1929, the Met Office has…
McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd’s death ‘look pretty darn guilty’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images By ANDREW DESIDERIO 05/29/2020 01:00 PM EDT…
Cut air pollution to help avoid second coronavirus peak, MPs urge
Air pollution must be kept at low levels to help avoid a second peak of coronavirus…
Rep. Demings slams police killings as a ‘stain on our country’
Rep. Val Demings. | Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 05/29/2020 12:36 PM EDT Updated: 05/29/2020…
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Arctic fox cubs in Spitzbergen, Norway. Photograph: Wildpix productions/Alamy Stock Photo A pelagia noctiluca ( Medusa…
Key House panels to interview State Department officials in probe of fired watchdog
Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. | Win McNamee/Getty Images By KYLE CHENEY 05/29/2020 12:02…
Bob Casey tests positive for coronavirus antibodies
Sen. Bob Casey. | Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that he tested…