Monday, February 03, 2020

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  Niskanen Center

  • Tyler Cowen thinks that libertarians are waking up to the idea that the problem we face is not that the state is too big, but rather, that it lacks the capacity to do what needs to be done...
  • Several of the carbon tax bills that have been introduced in Congress, such as the SWAP Act and MARKET CHOICE Act, would raise carbon border adjustments at similar levels ($30 and $35...
    • Section 216 of the CLEAN Future Act appears to be either a mistake or a surreptitious attempt to eliminate eminent domain without and saying that is its purpose, and no one should be...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

  • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released their Navigable Waters Protection rule, which replaces the 1986 wetlands rule. The...
  • View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: We write in strong support of the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020 (H.R. 5571). The bill would order the Secretary...
    • A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute calls into question government handling of e-cigarette risk to public health, especially last week after the U.S. Centers...
  • The prime minister could have tried to heal the divisions. Instead he’s preparing the ground to blame Europe once Brexit’s damage is clearIt sounds like war. The thud of the falling...
  • Once an individual has fallen for extremist propaganda, it’s hard to change their mind. Better to spot the early signs• Richard Barrett is a former director of global counter-terrorism...
    • Britain’s economic weight has diminished since leaving the EU. The government must acknowledge this in trade negotiationsHere we go again. Brexit did not end on Friday night...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

  • The death toll in mainland China from the new type of virus has risen to 425, with the total number of cases now standing at 20,438, officials said Tuesday...
  • Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has walked back comments he made in an interview on CTV's Question Period regarding the licensing of media, seeking to clarify that the federal...
    • Hundreds of Canadians in Hubei, China are awaiting evacuation by the federal government, where they will be under quarantine for 14 days upon arrival at CFB Trenton...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop

  • Intermittency, meaning unreliability, is of course guaranteed with wind and solar power. The problem being that some governments now proceed as though that doesn’t matter any...
  • Any showboating climate protesters fancy a visit? ‘Keep it in the ground’ could be a hard sell in that part of the world. The United Arab Emirates, a leading OPEC producer, announced...
    • Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: From the team at CFACT ~ Is it better or worse to have a global climate that benefits plant growth? The obvious answer would be, better...
  • These launches will include the polar satellite launch vehicle which is considered one of the world's most reliable rockets and the workhorse of the Indian space programme...
  • Musk`s tweets led to a flood of reactions on social media. Some even suggested him to start his own social media platform.
    • This comes at a time when smartphone companies like Samsung, Huawei and OnePlus are bringing out big and gorgeous display phones.
  • Named Vyommitra, the robot is a prototype of humanoid and will go as a trial before the Gaganyaan goes up with the astronauts.
  • In a slight relief to the Delhiites, the national capital has shown marginal signs of improvement compared to the last two years. Delhi is the tenth most polluted city in India now as...
    • GSAT-30 is configured on Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) enhanced I-3K Bus structure to provide communication services from Geostationary orbit in C and Ku bands...
  • The new figures come after the country opened a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into tumbling financial markets and further restricted people's movement in hopes of containing...
  • The three victims were found by officers responding to a phone call by a student at 10:17 a.m., he said.
    • Hong Kong`s leader announced the suspension of four more border crossings with mainland China. Now just three checkpoints remain open but stopped short of demands for the entire...
  • The AQI was recorded the highest in Chandni Chowk at 500, followed by Dhirpur at 326.
  • At least 10 Delhi-bound trains were delayed by more than 3 hours due to fog and low visibility in several parts of northern India, officials said on Tuesday...
    • Pradyumna Rajput is the BJP candidate from the Dwarka Assembly constituency.

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized Monday in Lima after suffering neurological and lung problems, his family doctor told AFP...
  • WASHINGTON: The World Bank called on Monday (Feb 4) for countries to step up programmes to fight the new coronavirus outbreak, and said it was considering mobilising its own resources...
    • China accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over a fast-spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and evacuations as Chinese stocks plunged on the first...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

  • TOKYO: Japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3,500 people and was testing passengers for the new coronavirus on Tuesday (Feb 4) after a passenger who departed in Hong Kong tested...
  • China accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over a fast-spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and evacuations as Chinese stocks plunged on the first...
    • BEIJING: The number of confirmed deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak spiked to 425, after authorities in Hubei province reported 64 new fatalities on Tuesday (Feb 4). ...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized Monday in Lima after suffering neurological and lung problems, his family doctor told AFP...
  • A California lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at making PG&E Corp a publicly owned utility, a year after liabilities from wildfires traced back to some of its equipment pushed...
    • TOKYO: Japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3,500 people and was testing passengers for the new coronavirus on Tuesday (Feb 4) after a passenger who departed in Hong Kong tested...

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