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Yeef AffluenzaTeen s Mexican Lawyer Hints at Human Rights IssuesUnisex signs hang outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca on May 10, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina.Sara D. Davis鈥擥etty ImagesBy Mahita GajananFebruary 24, 2017 11:41 AM ESTThe Trump administration letter this week revoking protections for transgender students does not directly change schools ; existing policies mdash; but transgender students and LGBT rights advocates say the action sends a message that the highest political office in the U.S. does not support transgender rights.The administration letter rescinds guidance that came under former President Obama instructing schools to allow transgender students access to bathrooms and other facilities that align stanley cup ed with their gender identity. But any enforcement of those guidelines was already on hold even before this week, after 13 states accused the Obama administration of overstepping its bounds and a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked it late last year.Now, states are largely left where they started mdash; guided by state law, if there is one that addresses the rights of transgender students, and otherwise able to make up their own minds about how to treat transgender students in public schools. And that, according to advocates like Sarah Warbelow, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, is a problem.We worry thatstanley cup it encourages states and local governments to behave badly toward transgender people, Warbelow said.Fourteen states have passed stanley cuptheir own non-discrimination laws toGxct Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims
A pipe installed as part of the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project carries carbon dioxide captured from the emissions of theair max NRG Energy Inc. WA Parish generating station in Thompsons, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg鈥擥etty ImagesBy Alejandro de la GarzaAugust 11, 2022 6:32 PM EDTThanks to Senator Joe ManchinD., W. Va. , there isnrsquo;t much in the way of consequences for b jordan ig CO2 emitters in Democratsrsquo; new climate bill. But there are huge new rewards for high-emitting companies to pump their greenhouse gasses underground, and for facilities that propose to remove emissions directly from the atmosphere. Those provisions have the startups, investors, and legacy oil companie reebok s proposing to provide that service over the moon. Wersquo;re definitely going from a curiosity to a priority, says Steve Lowenthal, chief commercial officer of Frontier Carbon Solutions, a carbon capture startup. This changes the game. The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate on Monday and is poised to pass the House on Friday, includes a dramatic change in a crucial tax credit for the carbon capture industrymdash;increasing the government subsidy for capturing CO2 from polluting sources from $50 to $85 per metric ton. Developers say that raising that incentive could tip many projects that once werenrsquo;t worth the investment over the financial finish line. The new bill also simplifies the process for receiving those tax cred
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