--Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts: It's one of the poorest, unhealthiest states in the nation, with public schools that are chronically underfunded.... The Mississippi income tax accounts for 34% of state revenue.... Tax-cut proposals are a direct effort to compete with states that don’t tax earnings, including Texas, Florida and Tennessee — places to which many young Mississippians are moving for fatter paychecks. Married couple Les and Amanda Jordan live near the south Mis

Secondly, he said that the world must double the rate at which energy efficiency is improving compared to the last decade. The final pledge calls for the world to “ phase out unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050 ”.... Also in attendance is the UN climate summit’s controversial president Sultan Al Jaber. COP28 will need to be a “ paradigm shift ” for climate action, Timmermans said.“ We need to do it because time is running out.... We also need to push further for a strong outcome on mitiga

wording has been changed, instead saying countries should accelerate" the phaseout of unabated coal

phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.” A previous version

Negotiators streamed into the venue for the UN climate talks early Saturday, hoping that a good night's sleep would help them seal a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world's efforts to tackle global warming. British officials chairing the talks in Glasgow, Scotland, broke with the habit of previous talks by telling negotiators from almost 200 nations late Friday to go and get some rest, rather than power through the night. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that

Coal will stay as a major source of energy in the foreseeable future as it is an affordable source of energy with substantial reserve, Parliament was informed on Monday. Despite push for renewables, the country will require base load capacity of coal-based generation for stability and also for energy security, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said." Being an affordable source of energy with substantial reserve, coal is going to stay as major source of energy in the foreseeable future," the minister s

LONDON--Google will delay by nearly two years the phase out of Chrome web browser technology that tracks users for ad purposes, saying that it needs more time to develop a replacement system. The tech giant on Thursday moved its deadline to remove so-called third-party cookies to late 2023 rather than January 2022 as was initially planned.“ We need to move at a responsible pace, allowing sufficient time for public discussion on the right solutions and for publishers and the advertising industry

VIENNA( REUTERS)-North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog has said in an annual report. The International Atomic Energy Agency( IAEA) has had no access to North Korea since Pyongyang expelled its inspectors in 2009. The country then pressed ahead with its nuclear weapons programme and soon resumed nuclear testing.... Its last nuclear test was in 2017. The IAEA now monitors North Korea f

The 10-member elected board appoints the commissioner to run the State Department of Education. The board’s agenda says it will have a closed session to discuss personnel matters and confer with its attorney.... Porter said he has not seen the video, but Watson informed him and other board members of the situation.... “ There is no question that Randy Watson must resign his position immediately.” Democratic state Rep....

If we still pollute the environment with plastics, it means that we are not aware, ” he said. According to him, plastic is a dangerous component as micro plastics can be carried by marine life.... These plastics return to us in the form of food.“ Micro plastics have been reported in the human lungs, blood and faeces.... We also need policies to ensure corporations take responsibility for their products and packaging, ” she said. Mageswari urged the government to enforce the mandatory waste sep