❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Today β€” 27 October 2026Main stream

Israel’s Election: 4 Things to Watch For

27 October 2026 at 18:59
The election on Tuesday is unlikely to yield quick answers about who might lead the next government.

Β© Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party, right, is being challenged by Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of the Yashar centrist political party and a former military chief of staff.

Trump is making it easier for fossil fuel companies to leak methane

27 October 2026 at 18:25
An image showing Trump

In its latest gift to oil and gas companies, the Trump administration is expected to announce plans today to weaken rules that guard against methane leaks.

Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a powerful greenhouse gas that's up to 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide on a 20-year horizon. It's the primary component of what the fossil fuel industry calls "natural gas" that routinely leaks from oil and gas wells and pipelines.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reversing course on its previous efforts to plug those leaks. As part of President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, the EPA plans to undo Biden-era rules that were ex …

Read the full story at The Verge.

❌
❌