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In the Southeast United States, Google GOOG is one of the large industrial actors leading an effort to restructure the region’s energy markets. Google, and other corporations backing this proposal, claim they are acting virtuously to secure more clean energy. However, the reality is that these efforts are best seen as a strategy for reducing their electricity bills rather than carbon emissions, and should it succeed it would result in most other Americans— including low income… Source link

The Telegraph Who is the greatest quarterback of all time? 5. Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins 1983-1999) Perhaps a controversial pick, given that Dan Marino famously never won a Super Bowl. However, Marino’s output was so impressive he cannot be denied from the list. Marino was the first quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards in a season, was a Pro Bowler on nine occasions and won the league MVP award in 1984. Marino was ahead of his time in terms of the numbers he delivered and the style with which… Source link

As the nation celebrates the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Russell invoked the civil rights icon Monday in a plea for action in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The NBA legend tweeted a message on MLK Day quoting King in a call for accountability for President Donald Trump for his role in inciting his supporters to march on the Capitol before they ransacked the building in an assault that claimed five lives. Russell framed his message as a matter of “good… Source link

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Jared Veldheer signing with Packers, set to make NFL playoff history Jared Veldheer can make NFL history this week. Veldheer, an offensive tackle who played for the Colts on Sunday against the Bills, is signing with the Packers, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. If he plays for the Packers against the Rams, he becomes the first player in NFL history to play for two different [more] Source link

Despite a tumultuous and deadly week in Washington, President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to award New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick the nation’s highest civilian honor. Belichick, a White House official told Politico on Sunday, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday. That ceremony will come after a chaotic week in D.C., in which five people died after pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building and rioted following Trump’s latest false claims… Source link

TipRanks 3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ A new year, a new addition to the stock portfolio – what can make more sense than that? The right time to buy, of course, is when stocks are priced at the bottom. Buying low and selling high may be a bit hackneyed, but it’s true, and truth has staying power.But the markets are up. The NASDAQ rose 43% in 2020, and the S&P 500 showed a gain of 16%. With a market environment like that, finding stocks that are caught in… Source link

The Guardian How California went from a leader in the Covid fight to a state in despair California was the first state to lock down and avoided overwhelming its hospitals. Nine months later, its leaders are struggling as conditions worsenAt the San Joaquin hospital in California’s Central Valley, nurses cover infectious Covid-19 patients with clear, tent-like barriers – or, when those aren’t available, white sheets – as they’re wheeled through the ICU.“It’s for everybody’s… Source link

The bulls should pop the icy cold Dom Perignon a few days early because dawdling President Trump signed the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, suggest the often optimistic forecasters at Goldman Sachs. On Monday, Goldman’s chief economist Jan Hatzius lifted his first quarter U.S. GDP forecast to 5% from 3% in large part from the effects of new stimulus checks to U.S. households. Hatzius left his expectation for sequentially improved GDP from from the second quarter through the fourth… Source link

The Guardian Alternative facts, witch-hunt, bigly: the Trump era in 32 words and phrases His rally speeches and manic Twitter feed conjured new slogans and insults or revived incendiary wordsDonald Trump not only changed much about campaigning, governing and the ways of Washington, even the language of American politics has altered during the Republican’s tenure. Trump’s rollicking rally speeches and manic Twitter feed conjured new slogans and insults or revived incendiary words with long… Source link