Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. climate envoy Kerry to visit China in coming weeks -MSNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday said he plans to visit China in the coming weeks, one day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Beijing would not build new coal-fired ...
Sep 22, 2021
Exclusive-White House supports plan allowing renewable industry to form tax advantaged partnerships – sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House is backing a plan pushed by House Democrats that would allow the renewable energy industry to form tax-advantaged partnership...
Sep 22, 2021
Republicans see opportunity in U.S. debt-ceiling standoff
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a high-stakes standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling, congressional Republicans believe they see a chance to scale back President Joe Biden's sweeping domestic a...
Sep 22, 2021
Tribes say Dakota Access oil pipeline’s environmental review is biased
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Native American Tribes including the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Wednesday told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the environmental study on Dakota Ac...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. farmers face supply shortages, higher costs after Hurricane Ida
By P.J. Huffstutter and Mark Weinraub CHICAGO (Reuters) - Troy Walker's phone will not stop ringing at his Kansas farm cooperative, with growers needing fertilizer for their wheat fields in the coming...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. and Mexico fly Haitian migrants away from border as pressure builds on Biden
By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States were on Wednesday preparing to fly more Haitian migrants away from chaotic U.S.-Mexico border camps, as pressure mou...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. parents weigh risks, benefits as COVID-19 vaccine for kids nears approval
By Joseph Ax and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - In an ideal world, Leah Smithers said she could afford to wait for longer-term testing of the COVID-19 vaccines before getting the jab for her 10-year-old...
Sep 22, 2021
Factbox – What you need to know about the U.S. relaxing COVID travel restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to ease travel restrictions in early November that have barred much of the world from entering the United States since 2020. The Centers for Disea...
Sep 22, 2021
Biden pledges new vaccine donations in bid to rally global pandemic fight
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will push world leaders on Wednesday to do more to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, and announce a U.S. pledge to buy 500 million more vaccine doses...
Sep 22, 2021
Factbox – COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to vaccine requirements
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - The Biden administration announced on Sept. 9 steps that will require tens of millions of Americans who have declined COVID-19 vaccines to get a shot as infection rates remain ...
Sep 22, 2021
