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After SVB failure, regulators close crypto-friendly bank Signature Bank

TechCrunch

In other words, the government is stepping up to protect the economy. “We Signature Bank had 40 branches across New York, California, Connecticut, North Carolina and Nevada. The New York-based financial institution stopped operating abruptly on Sunday — customers will be made whole. banking system.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. What do people search for?

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States seek alternatives to pay for infrastructure since more EVs means less gas tax revenue

Fast Company Tech

States with aggressive climate goals like Oregon face a conundrum: EVs can help reduce emissions in the transportation sector, the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but they also mean less gas tax revenue in government coffers. In Michigan, where Gov.

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Where to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets

Engadget

Fortunately, companies and governments alike have made it possible to dispose of your old devices responsibly. National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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This Pennsylvania landfill sends radioactive waste into a nearby creek—and fracking has only made it worse

Fast Company Tech

[Photo: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News] The Max Environmental Technologies landfill has been out of compliance with requirements set under the Clean Water Act for most of the past three years and with the federal hazardous waste law, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, known as RCRA for short, since July 2023. View them here.)

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What to expect if the EPA revokes this key part of U.S. climate policies

Fast Company Tech

As a law professor , I have tracked federal climate regulations and the lawsuits and court rulings that have followed them over the past 25 years. EPA that six greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act and that the EPA has a duty under the same law to determine whether they pose a danger to public health or welfare.

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