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U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged
After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace. By Brad Plumer America’s efforts to cut its climate change pollution stalled in 2024, with greenhouse gas emissions dropping just a fraction, 0.2 percent, compared to the year before, according…
Permanent contraception surged after Roe v Wade overturned, study finds
Young adults living in states likely to ban abortion obtained tubal sterilizations and vasectomies in months after ruling In the months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, permanent contraception in the form of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies surged among young adults living in states likely to ban abortion, new research released on…