Most Americans want more renewable energy, but support has dipped. Interest in electric vehicles has also declined The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant are seen in the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California, in March 2021. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of energy issues. For this analysis, we surveyed 8,638 U.S. adults from May 13 to 19, 2024. Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $57 million in grants to support programs that help veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness overcome barriers to the workforce and find meaningful employment.Administered by the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program awarded more than $15 million to fund 34 new three-year grants, and $42 million to 123 organizations now in their second or third years in the program. These organizations provide participating veterans with occupational skills, connect them with Registered Apprenticeships or other on-the-job training, and deliver job search and…
Georgian Dream in May forced a controversial new law through the parliament that will force Western-backed NGOs to register as “foreign agents,” echoing rules used by Moscow to persecute dissenting voices. The government is now forging ahead with legislation that would sharply curtail LGBTQ+ rights and ban all mention of the community from popular culture, even requiring cinemas to censor same-sex references from films. However, with national elections looming in October and opposition parties uniting in a bid to close the gap in the polls, Georgian Dream is looking for a different kind of success in Europe. Last Wednesday, the…
As the 2020 presidential campaign ramps up, a growing share of Americans say it is likely that Russia or other foreign governments will attempt to influence the November election. At the same time, confidence in the federal government to prevent election interference by foreign governments has declined. Three-quarters of U.S. adults say it is very or somewhat likely that Russia or other foreign governments will attempt to influence the presidential election, including 44% who say it is very likely, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted July 27-Aug. 2. These views have changed little since January. But Americans are…
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Overview Multiple factors have affected views of China over time. In the U.S., the sense that China has handled COVID-19 poorly and is at fault for the virus’s spread certainly is related to negative opinions of the superpower, but is not the only factor driving attitudes. Rather, negative views of China were already rising prior to the pandemic. The same is true in other countries, including some of China’s neighbors, like South Korea, Japan and Australia. Unfavorable views of China in South Korea have increased dramatically since 2017.…
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it climate change. What does that mean? – Joseph, age 12, Boise, Idaho Many countries have seen extremely hot weather lately, but in most of the inhabited world, it’s never going to get “too hot for people to live here,” especially in relatively dry climates. When it’s hot outside in dry places, most of the time our bodies can…
Thank you Madam Vice President, We would like to start by thanking the Working Group for their continued research and steadfast efforts to end discrimination against women and girls around the world. Their recent report shines a much-needed light on the challenges we face, particularly the erosion of women’s and girls’ rights, as well as the opportunities for progress. The UK was particularly pleased to read of the 40 plus constitutional changes to advance women’s and girls’ rights over the past decade. However, we share your concerns around the heightened backlash and recognise the need for concerted collective efforts to…
Geneva, 28 June – The Colombo Process membership convened today under the leadership of India to discuss the future direction of the Colombo Process and India’s priorities for its two-year Chairmanship. As Chair, India presented to the Member States its vision for a substantive programme to revitalize the work of the Colombo Process, drawing on India’s own strength in facilitating regular migration pathways and optimizing the mutual benefits for labour-sending and labour-receiving countries. India aims to use its national experience and competence for benefit of member countries endorsing fair and ethical recruitment as a national value towards the…
For about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world – and indeed he was. Grissom crewed the Liberty Bell 7 mission, a ballistic test flight that launched him through the atmosphere from a rocket. During the test, he sat inside a small capsule and reached a peak of over 100 miles up before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. A Navy ship, the USS Randolph, watched the successful end of the mission from a safe distance. Everything had gone according to plan, the controllers at Cape Canaveral were exultant, and…
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit cities from criminalizing sleeping outdoors. City of Grants Pass v. Johnson began when a small city in Oregon with just one homeless shelter began enforcing a local anti-camping law against people sleeping in public using a blanket or any other rudimentary protection against the elements – even if they had nowhere else to go. The court confronted this question: Is it unconstitutional to punish homeless people for doing in public things that are necessary to survive, such as sleeping, when there is no option…