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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary said Tuesday, warning that “unfettered exports" of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, could raise wholesale domestic prices by more than 30% and increase planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm's statement came as the Energy Department released a , which have grown exponentially in the past decade. The analysis found that U.S. LNG shipments drive up domestic prices and frequently displace renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. Increased LNG exports also would lead to higher global greenhouse gas emissions, even with use of technology such as equipment to capture and store carbon emissions, the report said. “Today’s publication reinforces that a business-as-usual approach (to LNG exports) is neither sustainable nor advisable,'' Granholm said. The Energy Department report comes after the in January to study the effects LNG exports have on the planet. Natural gas emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas, when burned, leaked or released. LNG is especially energy intensive, since the gas must be retrieved through underground drilling, then piped to export terminals along the East and Gulf coasts. The gas is then “superchilled” into a liquid that is taken by tanker ships to import terminals in Europe and Asia, where it is then reheated into gas and distributed for business and family use. The oil and gas industry, along with Republican allies in Congress, have decried the LNG pause as unnecessary and counter-productive, and President-elect . The pause is on hold under , but few new terminals have been approved in the past year. The Energy Department said last week it will not decide on two major LNG export projects in Louisiana until the independent completes environmental reviews of each project. The American Gas Association called the Biden administration's pause a mistake that has resulted in uncertainty for the global market, investors and America’s allies around the world. “This report is a clear and inexplicable attempt to justify their grave policy error," said AGA president and CEO Karen Harbert. “America’s allies are suffering from the weaponization of natural gas and energy deprivation, and any limitations on supplying life essential energy is absolutely wrong-headed." Harbert said the industry group looks forward to working with the Trump administration “to rectify the glaring issues with this study during the public comment period,” which lasts until mid-February. Charlie Riedl, executive director of the Center for LNG, a pro-industry group, said Republican and Democratic administrations, as well as independent researchers, “have continually found that U.S. LNG exports provide economic, national security and climate benefits and serve the public interest." U.S. LNG “remains a vital tool for countries looking to displace dirtier fuels" such as coal and reduce their emissions, Riedl said, adding that U.S. LNG exports play a key role in meeting growing global demand for natural gas. since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The LNG pause, announced by President as the 2024 election year began, aligned the Democratic administration with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in LNG exports in recent years is locking in potentially catastrophic planet-warming emissions at a time when Biden has . “While MAGA Republicans willfully deny the urgency of the climate crisis, condemning the American people to a dangerous future, my administration will not be complacent,′′ Biden said in announcing the pause. His actions “heed the calls of young people and frontline communities who are using their voices to demand" climate action, Biden added. The White House declined to comment on the Energy Department study, referring questions to the agency.
Trump’s tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be differentBraden Smith set career highs with 34 points and six 3-pointers as No. 21 Purdue pulled away from Toledo 83-64 in a nonconference matchup on Sunday night in West Lafayette, Ind. Smith went 12 of 22 from the floor and added 12 assists and three steals for the Boilermakers (9-4). Trey Kaufman-Renn added 23 points on 11-of-14 shooting, and Fletcher Loyer chipped in 17 points. Sam Lewis collected 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Sonny Wilson also scored 13 points to lead Toledo (6-6). Seth Hubbard supplied 11 points. The Rockets trailed by 11 at halftime and by 13 after two free throws by Smith with 18:24 to go in the game. Four Toledo players then contributed points to an 8-0 run to pull within 43-38 with 16:44 to play. The lead hovered between five and 10 points until Smith's layup began a 17-2 spree that effectively sealed the win. Toledo, which finished at 40.6 percent from the floor, missed nine straight shots as Purdue took off. Smith entered the game averaging 12.9 points per game. The Boilermakers shot 49.2 percent from the floor and 10 of 28 on 3-point attempts. The Rockets made just 2 of 14 from deep. Toledo led 12-10 on Hubbard's jumper with 13:43 left in the first half, but the Rockets went cold. They missed 11 of their next 12 shots, and the Boilermakers heated up. Smith scored nine points in an 18-2 burst, which Loyer capped with a three-point play with 5:39 left in the half. Purdue made 7 of 9 shots from the floor during the run. The Boilermakers led 39-28 at the break after shooting 50 percent from the floor. Smith had 17 points and Loyer had 12, with each player making three 3-pointers. Wilson had seven first-half points for the Rockets, who fell to 36.4 percent shooting for the half after making 5 of 9 to begin the game. --Field Level MediaCHARLESTON – The West Virginia Water Development Authority approved giving $5 million to an Ohio-based Catholic-affiliated career and vocational college to expand into the state and to create a conservative think tank without a required recommendation from one of three state officials. In October, the Water Development Authority unanimously approved providing $5 million from the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund to the College of St. Joseph the Worker, a Steubenville-based college affiliated with the Catholic Church. The funds will need to be spent by Dec. 31, 2026. All students at the College of St. Joseph the Worker will earn a bachelor’s of arts in Catholic Studies while also receiving training in several trades including carpentry, HVAC, plumbing and electrical. According to information provided from several state agencies through a Freedom of Information Act request, the college’s grant proposal for the $5 million would allow the school to expand across the river into West Virginia for several training programs, a satellite campus, scholarships, and the creation of a think tank focused on social conservative public policy. In an Dec. 19 press release, the college said its expansion projects into West Virginia would greatly benefit Weirton and the Ohio Valley. The college will provide an additional $5 million, bringing the estimated cost of the project to $10 million. “The college is extremely grateful to the state of West Virginia for the recent award of an economic development grant,” according to the college’s statement. “Over the course of the next five years we expect to spend more than $10 million directly on these projects. However, the economic impact to the Weirton area will be far, far greater.” “I’m thrilled about this project for our people in the Northern Panhandle, especially for our young men and women,” said Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, in an email on Dec. 23. Of the $5 million, more than $2.1 million would be used to create a construction and real estate company headquartered in Weirton. Funds would be used to acquire a warehouse and construction yard, purchase equipment and materials, and employ up to 200 apprentices and between 50 and 100 construction workers. The project, estimated to take five years to complete, would focus on revitalization of historic and culturally valuable projects and developing new building projects. “As a mission-driven educational organization, we will be able to take on construction and revitalization projects that other, exclusively for-profit organizations would not, such as work of historical and cultural significance in communities that might otherwise be unattractive to investors,” according to the college’s grant proposal. More than $1.6 million of the $5 million Economic Enhancement Grant dollars would go towards scholarships for the recruitment of West Virginia students, develop partnerships with tradesmen and contractors in the state for placement of apprentices, the purchase of training facilities in Weirton, and purchasing and/or renovating housing for students. Another $200,000 would be used to seed the creation of a possible branch campus for the College of St. Joseph the Worker. According to the grant proposal, the College is considering a possible branch in the Kanawha County area. “With the success of this initial development in West Virginia, the board of trustees of the College of St Joseph the Worker can establish exploring a second campus in West Virginia,” according to the grant proposal. “Particularly, we hope to evaluate Teays Valley, W.Va., which seems to be an emerging market for the type of intellectual and trades revitalization that the College intends to achieve.” “The primary purpose of this specific grant is to develop additional vocational training that will quickly prepare workers, strengthen our workforce, and benefit communities across West Virginia,” said C.J. Harvey, communications director for Gov. Jim Justice, in an emailed statement on Dec. 20. “This initiative is squarely focused on economic development and creating jobs.” According to a spokesperson for the West Virginia Community and Technical College System and the Higher Education Policy Commission, the college has yet to reach out to state higher education officials. The college will need to apply for a series 20 initial authorization/commission to grant degrees in West Virginia. Unrelated to construction trades, the college wants to use $1 million of the grant for what it categorizes as “advocacy.” It would use the funds to create a bioethics certificate program for continuing education for the medical and psychotherapy fields, as well as create the “Center for the Common Good” to support “life-affirming policy in West Virginia.” In a separate document, the college explained the Center for the Common Good would focus on conservative public policy, specifically citing abortion and immigration and border policy as examples, using research, op-eds, speeches, educational tools, presentations, and proposals for the West Virginia Legislature. “...The college faculty has also been involved in supporting the developing conservative political vision for West Virginia (ie the abortion restriction; solidarity with Texas' border, to name but a few),” the college wrote in an earlier grant proposal. The college is listed as a 501(c)(3) on its 2022 IRS 990 form. According to the IRS, a 501(c)(3) organization can engage in some lobbying activities, but it could risk loss of tax-exempt status if it engages in too much lobbying. “Organizations may, however, involve themselves in issues of public policy without the activity being considered as lobbying,” according to the IRS website. “For example, organizations may conduct educational meetings, prepare and distribute educational materials, or otherwise consider public policy issues in an educational manner without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.” The governor’s office avoided answering the question of whether it was appropriate for Economic Enhancement Grant dollars to be used to create a conservative public policy think tank. “Any additional educational or ethical components mentioned in the application are secondary and fall outside the scope of the administration’s main focus: to get newly-trained workers in the workforce as quickly as possible,” Harvey said. In the Oct. 19 press release sent after multiple requests for interviews with officials, the college announced all of the proposed projects for the Economic Enhancement Grant dollars. However, the press release includes no mention of using the funds for a conservative think tank. WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE The Water Development Authority was created in 1977 by the Legislature to provide grants and loans to local governments and public services districts for construction of water and wastewater infrastructure. But in recent years, the authority has been used as a funding conduit for economic development projects across the state. The Economic Enhancement Grant Fund was created by the Legislature in 2022 by House Bill 4566. The fund was seeded with $250 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars. HB 4566 empowers the authority to create an Economic Enhancement Grant subaccount to provide grants to governmental agencies and not-for-profits to cover all or portions of costs for infrastructure projects. According to State Code, funds in this Economic Enhancement Grant subaccount can be used “to cover all or a portion of the infrastructure projects to enhance economic development and/or tourism when recommended by the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Economic Development and/or the Secretary of Tourism.” However, to date there has been no letter of recommendation from one of the three cabinet-level departments as required by State Code. The Economic Enhancement Grant application from the College of St. Joseph the Worker was approved on Oct. 10 with authority members and three cabinet secretaries at the time, former Department of Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael, former Department of Commerce Secretary James Bailey and current Department of Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby, only being provided with the college’s Economic Enhancement Grant application and grant proposal the day before the scheduled meeting. While one version of the college’s application included a check mark indicating that the Department of Economic Development had provided a recommendation, Water Development Authority Executive Director Marie Prezioso confirmed in an email that no letter recommendation for the college’s Economic Enhancement Grant application has been provided. “It was my understanding that we would be provided with a letter from the secretary, however we do not have one on file,” Prezioso said. “It was this office’s understanding the project was verbally recommended with a formal letter forthcoming,” Harvey said. Both Justice Chief of Staff Brian Abraham and Deputy Chief of Staff Ann Urling, who also chairs the Water Development Authority, were involved with recommending the college’s proposal. At least one former cabinet secretary at the time, James Bailey, expressed concern about the college’s grant proposal in an email to an authority staffer the day before the Oct. 10 authority meeting. Bailey left the Department of Commerce to return to the private legal sector on Oct. 18. “I need a letter of recommendation for this project. Our board meeting is tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice. We just started working on it,” Prezioso wrote to Bailey in an email the morning of Oct. 9. “Is there a more detailed application like we normally have? The document doesn't really detail what the project in WV is other than potentially locating a campus in the state in a few years,” Bailey wrote. “There are some other issues that we should maybe talk over if you'd like to give me a call.” In an email the morning of the Oct. 10 authority meeting, Prezioso asked Andrew Jones, the academic dean and professor of history and political theory at the College of St. Joseph the Worker, to revise the proposed budget for the College’s Economic Enhancement Grant request. “The grant must be used for a project that consists of the acquisition, construction and equipping of multiple education facilities for the in-class and on-site training of the five major construction trades of HVAC, carpentry, masonry, electrical and plumbing, including areas for tools and equipment storage, materials for training and all necessary appurtenances,” Prezioso wrote. BUILDING A FRAMEWORK The first email about the project came on Oct. 2, nine days before the Oct. 10 authority meeting, from McGeehan to Abraham with House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, carbon copied. In that email, McGeehan thanked Abraham for his assistance with the college’s Economic Enhancement Grant application. McGeehan confirmed last week that his first conversations with Abraham about the project began as early as September. McGeehan, the dean of students at Weirton Madonna High School, explained that Weirton Madonna has no affiliation with the College of St. Joseph the Worker. McGeehan said he became aware of the college after completing a master’s degree in philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. “A mutual friend who had went through the graduate program with me at Franciscan made introductions with some of the staff over at the College of St. Joseph the Worker, who at the time, had plans to expand into other areas of Ohio,” McGeehan said. “I touched base with them about expanding into West Virginia instead. I toured their workshops and facilities a few times and I was deeply impressed.” After an email from the authority was sent to officials with the college on Oct. 4 with the Economic Enhancement Grant application, McGeehan emailed the authority back the same day with the completed application. West Virginia already offers several construction trades programs, including in the Northern Panhandle. West Virginia Northern Community College in Wheeling offers several short-term training programs and multi-year certificates for trades, such as HVAC, electrical, and industrial/construction/trades. Project BEST, also headquartered in Wheeling and affiliated with the Upper Ohio Valley Building and Construction Trades Council, offers apprenticeship training, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing and pipefitting. But McGeehan said what the College of St. Joseph the Worker is offering to West Virginia students is unique and holistic, focused on not just providing rote training. “The College of Saint Joseph the Worker is unique, insofar as it offers a holistic approach to shaping young men and women, one reason why I’m excited about it,” McGeehan said. “Nowhere in in the United States is there an institution that simultaneously trains the mind in the humanities while also in the manual trades.” “This is done by teaching young men and women the skilled trades, such as carpentry, HVAC, and construction, while also providing their students with a classical education along the way, both of which are greatly needed in our state,” McGeehan continued. “Upon graduation, their students earn their Journeyman’s card in the skilled trade of their choice, along with earning a bachelor’s degree, and because of the college’s ability to raise funds, offer scholarships, and provide paid on-the-job training for their students, their students graduate with zero debt.” McGeehan was a co-sponsor of HB 4566 in 2022. Earlier this month, the authority approved 24 projects for Economic Enhancement Grant dollars, awarding more than $67 million. During the October special session, lawmakers appropriated an additional $125 million to the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund. According to the governor’s office, the authority has approved Economic Enhancement Grant projects worth $594 million since 2022. McGeehan said the $5 million for the College of St. Joseph the Worker is an appropriate grant award. “I conceived and wrote the bill which passed into law to establish the EEG fund in the first place, so that grants like this one could come about, and be awarded to non-profit institutions and municipalities to help beautify our local communities and strengthen their infrastructure for our people,” McGeehan said. “Many of the problems our state suffers from are downstream of faltering local communities, weakened family bonds, and a younger generation without practical skills, who are quite often steeped in university debt,” McGeehan continued. “I’ll continue to do what I can to help reverse this trend.” In 2023, McGeehan was the co-sponsor of an originating bill from the House Government Organization Committee, where McGeehan is vice chairman, to create a Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Life. House Bill 3561 would have created a state agency to provide grant funds to nonprofits that support “traditional cultural values” “family growth, maintenance and self-sufficiency” and the creation of new fraternal organizations. McGeehan said HB 3561, which failed in a 42-51 vote, has no connection to the college’s Economic Enhancement Grant award. “While I’d certainly defend a decision to capitalize such an initiative, the grant did not include funding for what you wrote,” McGeehan said. “...The state is merely matching an investment that the college has agreed to put into our state. Beyond that, the grant has nothing to do with the specific bill you referenced.” Steven Allen Adams can be reached at sadams@newsandsentinel.com .In a heartwarming display of generosity and community spirit, an Igbo man Somto Monanu, popularly known as Pino Vibes, has single-handedly renovated a community school, Oluwo Ikija Community School, in Ogun State, entirely free of charge. Veteran journalist and former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, shared the inspiring story in a Facebook post on Monday. Ojudu noted that, despite belonging to a different ethnic group, the Igbo man’s (Somto Monanu) efforts were met with warm acceptance by the community leaders, exemplifying an admirable lack of prejudice. He revealed that the renovated school now features air-conditioned facilities, creating a more conducive learning environment for students. Related News Take part in politics, Ojudu urges students Ekiti 2022: Ojudu tasks Buni on credible, violence-free APC primaries I sacrificed ambition to help resolve APC crisis, Ojudu claims Highlighting the significance of the Somto’s selfless act, Ojudu wrote: “An Igbo man single-handedly renovated a community school in Ogun State, transforming its outlook and installing air conditioners—completely free of charge! “The community leaders welcomed his efforts without hesitation, showing no prejudice despite his Igbo heritage. What more can one say? This remarkable act reminds us that embracing our shared humanity is far greater than fueling tribal rivalries. May God bless this man abundantly.” Click the link below to watch the video: https://x.com/MobilePunch/status/1871287500595204551?t=yhyS6e0xQyXtvDH8cfZVPA&s=19
Blues supporters also sang the name of head coach Maresca during the closing stages of an emphatic success sealed by goals from Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and substitute Jadon Sancho. Bottom club Southampton briefly levelled through Joe Aribo but were a man down from the 39th minute after captain Jack Stephens was sent off for pulling the hair of Marc Cucurella. Chelsea, who have endured an underwhelming period since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club in 2022, climbed above Arsenal and into second place on goal difference, seven points behind leaders Liverpool. “It was a very good feeling, especially because you can see that they are happy, that is our target,” Maresca said of the atmosphere in the away end. “We work every day to keep them happy and tonight was a very good feeling, especially the one that they can see that Chelsea’s back. This is an important thing.” Maresca rotated his squad in Hampshire, making seven changes following Sunday’s impressive 3-0 win over Aston Villa. Following a sloppy start, his side, who stretched their unbeaten run to six top-flight games, could easily have won by more as they hit the woodwork three times, in addition to squandering a host of chances. “I’m very happy with the five we scored,” said the Italian. “I’m not happy with the first 15, 20 minutes, where we struggled. The reason why we struggled is because we prepared the game to press them man to man and the first 15, 20 minutes we were not pressing them man to man. “After 15, 20 minutes we adjust that and the game was much better. For sure we could score more but five goals they are enough.” Southampton manager Russell Martin rued a costly “moment of madness” from skipper Stephens. The defender’s ridiculous red card was the headline mistake of a catalogue of errors from the beleaguered south-coast club as they slipped seven points from safety following an 11th defeat of a dismal season. “I don’t think anyone will be as disappointed as Jack,” Martin said of Stephens, who was sent off for the second time this term after tugging the curls of Cucurella as Saints prepared to take a corner. “I haven’t got to sit down and talk with him about that at all. He will be hurt more than anyone and it’s changed the game for us tonight, which is disappointing. “I think they have to describe it as violent conduct; it’s not violent really but there’s no other explanation for that really. It’s a moment of madness that’s really cost us and Jack.” Southampton repeatedly invited pressure with their risky attempts to play out from defence, with goalkeeper Joe Lumley gifting Chelsea their second goal, scored by Nkunku. While Saints were booed off at full-time, Martin, who was missing a host of key players due to injuries and suspensions, praised the effort of his depleted team. “When they see such a big scoreline and a couple of the goals we concede, I understand it (the jeers),” he said. “It’s football, it’s emotive, people feel so much about it, it’s why it’s such a special sport in this country and so big. “I understand it but I feel really proud of the players tonight, some of the football we played at 11 v 11 was amazing. “For an hour with 10 men we’ve dug in so deep, there were some big performances. I’m proud of them for that and I’m grateful for that because that’s not easy in that circumstance.”
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Four pro-European Romanian parties struck a deal Monday to keep the far right out of government and chose a common candidate for the upcoming presidential election. Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the ruling Social Democrats, was also reappointed prime minister Monday by outgoing liberal president Klaus Iohannis, who gave his backing to the new pro-European coalition. The country has been in crisis after presidential elections were cancelled earlier this month — a hugely unusual move in Europe — after a far-right candidate scored a surprise first-round victory amid claims of Russian interference. The hitherto little-known Calin Georgescu is contesting the annulment in the courts, accusing the authorities of “a formalised coup d’etat”. But intelligence documents declassified by the president’s office of the NATO and EU member which borders Ukraine listed cyberattacks, “aggressive Russian hybrid actions” and massive promotion of Georgescu on social media in the run-up to the vote. Ciolacu admitted leading the country would “not be easy” after the electoral chaos, with far-right parties taking an unprecedented third of the ballots in parliamentary elections held on December 1. “Our duty above all is to defend democratic values and within NATO,” he added. The coalition deal unites the ruling Social Democrats (PSD) — the biggest party after the poll on 22 percent — with the liberals of the PNL, the Hungarian minority UDMR and a parliamentary group representing other minorities. But they have a stiff challenge ahead of them in the presidential polls with the far right surging on mounting anger over inflation and fears over the war in Ukraine, which shares a long border with Romania. The far-right nationalist bloc tripled its score from the last parliamentary election in 2020 to 32 percent, led by the AUR on 18 percent. The AUR’s spokesman Dan Tanasa blasted the new coalition government as a “simulacrum of democracy”, saying all the electoral procedures had been forced to put in place “an illegitimate government”. The new coalition government comes after a breathtaking month of political drama, with Georgescu’s possible path to presidency barred by the constitutional court on December 6 when it ruled that the first round of the vote had been “marred... by multiple irregularities and violations of electoral legislation”. Georgescu, 60, a former senior official and past admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had denied he was linked to Moscow, recently reframing himself as “ultra pro-Trump”. The new governing coalition has chosen Crin Antonescu to run in the next presidential poll. The 65-year-old former president of the liberal party came third in the 2009 presidential election.
Chromite is one of the most important resources you can get in Palworld , and it’s essential to complete several schematics that are part of the new update. The Feybreak update has introduced a new location, Pals, and plenty of more content. When it comes to crafting, you can build plenty of new items, weapons, and more. Some of them will often require something called Hexolite, and you’ll need a lot of Chromite, along with a few other resources, to farm this item. Let’s take a look at how to consistently get Chromite in Palword following the launch of the Feybreak update. Best location to farm Chromite in Palworld As you might have already figured out by now, Chromite is exclusive to Feybreak Island . The first thing to do is to reach the island. It’s an endgame island, so make sure to level up to 50 or higher to be on the safe side of things. You’ll also need a Metal Detector. This new schematic has been added as part of the update and unlocks at Technology level 56. You’ll also require the Nightstar Sand to produce this item; once you’ve the Detector, it will beep and change from blue to red if you’re close to Chromite. This resource is found in nodes, and each node usually will land you between 80-90 Chromite. A great area to find a lot of Chromite is at the coordinates (-1200, -1100). This specific region has a cave that offers three to four nodes, and you can easily farm a lot of Chromite in a quick time. Make sure to enter using the entrance, and you should be good to go. Make sure to use the Metal Detector to find the nodes easily. A new Pal named Smokie can also help you find Chromite and mark the spot for you. Smokie’s passive is perfect when it comes to mining Chromite, as it increases the amount of resources you get by mining every node. Once Smokie marks a location for you, it will be shown on your map with a small flag symbol. If you don’t want to use your Detector every time, you can always look for regions with red-colored areas. Typically, such locations will have higher chances of having Chromite nodes. You’ll require a lot of this specific resource to create Hexolite Ores, so mine as much as possible. To mine the resource, you can use your standard Pickaxe.49ers QB Brock Purdy remains severely limited by injury to his throwing shoulderNone
