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☆ Depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Debby and aims at Florida's Gulf Coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Since Friday, the front developed from a potential tropical cyclone to a tropical depression, and it continues to draw strength from warm, tropical water. Tropical Storm Debby was expected to continue moving north at 15mph and hug Florida's west coast. The outer portions of a tropical system, which later became Tropical Storm Debby, saturates Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Saturday. The named tropical storm designation means the front has sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Debby comes with a hurricane warning and tropical storm warning for the state's west coast from the Suwannee River to the Ochlockonee River, the hurricane center said.

Persons: Debby, saturates, Andrew West Organizations: Tropical, National Hurricane Center, Atlantic, Press, USA Locations: Cuba, Florida, 15mph, Gulf, Mexico, Havana, Apalachee Bay, Big, saturates Fort Myers Beach, Fla, Suwannee

☆ A sexual health company has sued Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop for copyright infringement, saying the association is 'harmful' to its brand
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewGwyneth Paltrow's wellness and lifestyle brand, Goop, is facing a trademark infringement lawsuit related to a collection of its sexual health products. Good Clean Love Inc. filed its lawsuit against Goop on March 28, according to court documents obtained by Business Insider. Goop then used that trademark with sexual health products, which Good Clean Love described as "the core" of its business, according to the lawsuit. GOOP threatens to foreclose Good Clean Love from expanding into product lines related to its sexual health and wellness products. Related storiesRepresentatives for Good Clean Love and Goop did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Gwyneth, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, Emma McIntyre, Stefanie Keenan, Paltrow, Stefanie Keenan Goop Organizations: Service, Inc, Goop, Business, NBC News Locations: California

☆ What Happens When We Don’t Drain the Swamps - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even toddlers who find the ocean overwhelmingly huge and alien will merrily splash in a tidal pool, dabbling their dimpled fingers in the water. Last week Nashville got its first truly drenching rains in months, and the rain fell on soil already saturated by melting snow and ice. The whole wild world — parched first by severe drought and then by hard freeze — came up from burrows or descended from trees to drink. And because wetlands in the United States are more imperiled now than they were just a year ago. Too few of us understand how fundamental these damp, spongy places are to the struggling organism we call Earth.

Persons: I’ve Organizations: Nashville, United Nations Locations: United States

☆ Opinion | When Being Good Is Just a Matter of Being Lucky
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Indeed, one resolution of the “moral luck” paradox is that free will does not truly exist, Kristin Mickelson, a philosophy lecturer at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has written. The first drives drunk and kills a person. The second drives drunk and loses control of her car, but by luck doesn’t kill anyone. “Being blameworthy for an event is about being accountable for what you have done in the world,” Hartman wrote. There’s no excluding luck from our calculations, because luck “saturates” who we are, what we do and the consequences of what we do, Hartman wrote.

Persons: Kristin Mickelson, Roger Crisp, ” Robert Hartman, Hartman, ” Hartman, saturates ” Organizations: University of Colorado, The New Statesman, Ohio Northern University Locations: Boulder

☆ Charm gets $53 million to turn corn leftovers into oil and inject it into abandoned oil and gas wells
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The 112,000 tons of carbon dioxide that Charm will remove is more than ten times the total quantity of carbon dioxide that has been removed so far with human techniques. "It's sort of a brilliant, but accidental, discovery," Reinhardt told CNBC. "It's a little it's a little odd or unusual, but uniquely American, in that we're basically pumping barbecue sauce into old oil and gas wells," Reinhardt told CNBC. There are about 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S., and owner-operators are eager to find another use for them, Reinhardt told CNBC. We will run out of waste biomass long before we before we exhaust the subsurface capacity," Reinhardt told CNBC.

☆ Biden administration defends immigrant labor while sending 1,500 troops to the border
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President Biden is sending 1,500 troops to the southern border. Yet, his secretary of Homeland Security says employers "are desperate for workers." The COVID-era rule expired May 11, so the Biden administration is now sending troops to tamp down on border crossings. Despite taking such measures to police the border, Biden's Department of Homeland Security argued on the day that Title 42 ended that immigrant labor is needed to address America's labor shortage. As a result, native workers who dropped out of high school and typically earn $25,000 annually saw their earnings drop by between $800 and $1,500 each year, he estimated.

☆ How the U.S. Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Tim Mclaughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Under the federal program, states distribute a certain number of allowances to power plants annually. Reuters found dozens of other examples of coal plants using credits from closed facilities to help comply with pollution rules over the past five years. During the 2021 ozone season, New Madrid’s pollution was five times higher than average among coal plants participating in the NOx-reduction program, EPA data show. RED-STATE PROTESTSUtilities and lawmakers in Republican-controlled states have pushed hard against curbs on coal pollution, including the EPA’s latest NOx-reduction regulations. But even at that price, NOx allowances will find buyers among coal plants, including those that operate at high pollution rates.

☆ Inside the life of a deep sea saturation diver, one of the most dangerous and isolated jobs in the world
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Chris Lemons was a saturation diver for 10 years working on oil fields on the North Sea floor. "They all seemed like enigmas a little bit," Lemons said about seeing saturation divers emerge from their chamber. For eight years, Lemons was required to work as an air diver to gain experience for saturation diving courses, which he eventually did in Marseille, France, before spending 10 years as a saturation diver. Life in the pressurized chamberLemons joked that the most important skill for being a saturation diver isn't diving, but being personable enough to live in the pressurized chamber. Now, Lemons publicly speaks about his career as a saturation diver, and talks about the incident to promote safety and share what he learned from the experience.

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☆ Fact Check-Images and videos of clouds passing behind the sun are optical illusions, not proof of ‘local sun’ orbiting ‘flat earth’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Social media users are sharing images and videos which seemingly show clouds passing behind the sun. The users claim this proves humanity lives on a “flat earth” with a “local sun” floating and orbiting above. One Facebook user uploaded a video to a group named ‘Flat Earth Research’ (here), alongside the caption: “We are told the sun is 93 million miles away. Reuters has debunked other ‘Flat Earth’ theory claims here, here and here. Images and videos of clouds appearing to pass behind the sun are optical illusions.

LEARN MORE What are single-serve coffee machines | Pods versus reusable brew baskets“Popularity of single-serve machines has been on the rise over recent years,” said Jessica Rodriguez, a coffee trainer who previously worked at the Specialty Coffee Association, a nonprofit coffee trade organization. Brew size : Experts told us single-serve coffee makers usually brew between a 5-ounce and a 12-ounce cup of coffee. : Experts told us single-serve coffee makers usually brew between a 5-ounce and a 12-ounce cup of coffee. Pods versus brew baskets : Most single-serve coffee makers employ single-use coffee pods — capsules of pre-ground coffee packaged into aluminum or plastic containers — but some are compatible with reusable brew baskets, giving you the flexibility to make any ground coffee of your choosing. : Most single-serve coffee makers employ single-use coffee pods — capsules of pre-ground coffee packaged into aluminum or plastic containers — but some are compatible with reusable brew baskets, giving you the flexibility to make any ground coffee of your choosing.

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