The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that an El Niño climate pattern could occur later this year, which might exacerbate global warming and break temperature records globally. Although the WMO has not predicted the strength or duration of the El Niño, it has forecast a 60% chance of its formation between May and July,
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The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a challenge to a regulation affecting fishing vessels that could result in the overturning of a 40-year precedent. The 1984 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council ruling stated that when the language of a statute is ambiguous, federal agencies should be deferred to in their interpretations of the
A group of environmental and cultural heritage nonprofits have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), claiming that the agency violated the National Environment Policy Act by allowing SpaceX to launch the largest rocket ever built without conducting a comprehensive environmental review. The lawsuit, filed in a district court in Washington, D.C., alleges
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has answered additional questions about ethics on the high court. In his response, Roberts revealed that the Supreme Court’s nine justices subscribed to a recently updated “Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices.” This follows revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas had failed to disclose luxurious vacations gifted to him and
This term, the Supreme Court has faced a firestorm of scrutiny on multiple fronts due to the slow pace at which rulings have been issued. As of May 1, the court has disposed of just 15 cases, which is lower than at any time in the last 100 years. However, the court hears oral arguments
Charlie Munger, the 99-year-old investor and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has expressed concerns over the US commercial property market. In an interview with the Financial Times, Munger stated that US banks are filled with “bad loans” that will become vulnerable as property prices fall and “bad times come”. Munger acknowledged that the current situation
Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey has taken to social media to openly criticize Elon Musk’s leadership of the company. Dorsey stated that “it all went south” and that Musk “should have walked away” from the acquisition. Dorsey made these comments in response to users of Bluesky, a new social media platform that is being touted
SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, has announced plans for the company to spend around $2 billion on its Starship rocket development this year. Despite this large investment, Musk said that SpaceX does not anticipate needing to raise funding to further bolster the Starship program and its other ventures, as they are not currently in need of
As more companies move their workloads out of their own data centers, the cloud-computing market continues to grow. However, executives from the leading cloud vendors, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, have said that clients are looking for ways to trim costs. This has resulted in slowing revenue growth for these cloud divisions. AWS, the leader
Dallas-based airline, Southwest Airlines, has reported a loss of $159 million for the first quarter of the year. The loss was due to the financial impact of the airline’s holiday meltdown that occurred in December 2022. The airline had to cancel over 16,000 flights in the final days of December due to staffing software issues