There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away

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Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security By David Gelles in New York; Somini Sengupta in Brasília and in Tirunelveli, India; Keith Bradsher in Beijing; and Brad Plumer in Washington in The New York Time on June 30. 2025.

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In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

Click Here to Read: In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate: President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway By Maxine Joselow in The New York Times on July 8, 2025.

Raymondville, TX, July 25, 2008 — Flood waters remain in some neighborhoods in North Raymondville. Vehicle access to the neighborhoods is limited. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA Image: Jacinta Quesada, FEMA. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.