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  1. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/solar-accounted-84-new-us-power-added-2024-report-says-2025-03-11/ March 11 (Reuters) - Solar energy accounted for 84% of new electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. power grid last year, but the industry faces a challenging future with the new U.S. administration's energy policies, a report published on Tuesday said. The country installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie groups said in the report, adding that 2024 was largest single year of growth by any energy technology in over two decades. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT The solar industry was a major beneficiary of subsidies contained in former President Joe Biden's landmark 2022 climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The Trump administration has said it was reviewing federal funding plans, and any removal of tax credits issued under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act would impact clean energy deployment. The clean-energy sector has been on high alert since the election of Donald Trump, whose first executive orders prioritized unleashing U.S. fossil-fuel production, paused federal wind projects and froze funding for clean-energy projects from two Biden-era laws. BY THE NUMBERS Total U.S. solar capacity is expected to reach 739 GW by 2035, the report said, warning that changes to federal tax credits, supply chain availability, and permitting policy will cause slowdown in solar deployment. The low case forecast showed a 130 GW decline in solar deployment over the next decade compared to the base case, representing nearly $250 billion of lost investment, according to the report. KEY QUOTES "Last year’s record-level of installations was aided by several solar policies and credits within the Inflation Reduction Act that helped drive interest in the solar market," said Sylvia Levya Martinez, Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar for Wood Mackenzie. "We still have many challenges ahead, including unprecedented load growth on the power grid. If many of these policies were eliminated or significantly altered, it would be very detrimental to the industry's continued growth."
  2. Trump says he will double tariffs on Canada metals to 50% WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled his planned tariff on all steel and aluminum products coming into the United States from Canada, bringing the total to 50%, in response to the province of Ontario placing, opens new tab a 25% tariff on electricity coming into the U.S. Trump said in a post on Truth Social he has instructed his commerce secretary to add an additional 25% tariff on the products that will go into effect on Wednesday morning.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-moscow-war-drones.html
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html
  5. One of those White House correspondents needs to ask Krasnov if he agrees with Elon that Sen. Mark Kelly is a traitor at the next press conference.
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  7. Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power. Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed. He was taken into custody at the airport in Manila after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government. Mr. Duterte, 79, who left office in 2022, is a populist firebrand who remains one of the Philippines’ most influential politicians, and he has enjoyed relative immunity despite several accusations against him. Only a handful of people have been convicted in connection with the killings. This is a developing story.
  8. Any concerns over them catching bird flu and passing it on to you? How do you manage to keep them from being exposed to it from wild birds?
  9. About a half-hour ago, I heard about the below post on the Texas Standard as part of their wrap-up with listener comments on their socials. One of them mentioned and linked this post: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.anderson.3954/posts/pfbid0PzsXQ7o3wy2G6Mn5ZxC6z8FofQ5mkM1Lvp2TX7srrXATuY2RsvyQRYMDga4ykapdl
  10. Wordle 1,360 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #638 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🙂 Daily Quordle 1141 7️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  11. Imagine if Ma Bell sided with the USSR back in the 1980s and threatened to take the US hostage because of deregulation.
  12. I think I'm going to start a new spiritual and political movement and call it the Natural "Free Time" Party, or some such, just to rid us of this Big Time tyranny and let us sleep in as God intended.
  13. It's how fuckheads think having power works.
  14. Just stick with standard time. It's what our circadian rhythms are best suited to, according to all the studies.
  15. Wordle 1,359 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #637 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1140 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  16. That cold open was fantastic. Funny as hell.
  17. Oh, you're a troll. Goodbye.
  18. Support for progressive income tax rates, for one.
  19. This is an outright false statement. There is, in fact, a strong correlation supported by the data. Now, you can very well contend that correlation does not equal causation, as you and others rightly point out that it's a difficult apples-to-apples comparison due to the presence of federal assets (e.g., national parks, ports/bases/ports, CBP, and so on). Still, if grounded in facts, that could be an interesting and enlightening topic for discussion by zeroing in on federal programs targeting individuals needing some sort of financial assistance. Given that Blue states tend to have higher median household incomes than Red states, it's not outrageous to assume that citizens of those states would require less help and yet pay more in federal income taxes. But, of course, conducting that analysis should also include consideration of the cost of living. By and large, however, I'd agree from the discussion above that breaking it down by county would be a more precise measure of the transfer of dollars. You're welcome to peruse the data on tax dollar flows from states to DC and then back again to the states. This briefer is pretty well sourced and very recent (Feb 2025): https://www.moneygeek.com/resources/states-most-reliant-on-federal-government/
  20. Are there even any walls left in Gaza where posters could be plastered?
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