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Biden Restores California’s Power to Set Stringent Tailpipe Rules

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Biden Restores California’s Power to Set Stringent Tailpipe Rules

“Automakers are dedicated to working cooperatively and constructively with California and different states to make sure automobiles are environment friendly, clear, and inexpensive for all,” stated an announcement from John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which lobbies on behalf of greater than a dozen automakers, together with Ford, Normal Motors, Stellantis, Toyota and Volvo. “Collaboration between governments in any respect ranges might be important to reaching our shared targets for a cleaner transportation future that advantages all communities and enhances U.S. financial competitiveness.”

In the course of the Trump administration, 5 auto firms — Ford, Honda, BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo — signed a take care of California during which they voluntarily dedicated to proceed to observe a tighter emissions normal within the state, despite the fact that Mr. Trump had eradicated California’s authority to implement it.

Mr. Trump’s 2019 choice to revoke California’s skill to set its personal limits on tailpipe emissions stood as considered one of his largest strikes to raze local weather change insurance policies. The regulation of automobiles is central to combating local weather change: Transportation is the biggest single supply of greenhouse gases generated by the USA, representing 29 % of the nation’s complete emissions.

A latest report by the Worldwide Vitality Company discovered that nations must finish the sale of latest gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 to maintain common international temperatures from rising 1.5 Celsius, in contrast with ranges throughout the Industrial Revolution. That’s the edge past which scientists say Earth faces irreversible harm. The planet has already warmed a mean of about 1.1 levels Celsius because the late 1800s.

Below the 1970 Clear Air Act, Congress gave California authority to set tailpipe requirements harder than the federal limits in an effort to deal with its drawback with smog.

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In 2009, President Barack Obama set federal auto emissions requirements primarily based on the California rule, requiring passenger automobiles to achieve a mean mileage of 51 miles per gallon by 2025, up from roughly 38 miles per gallon on the time.

These guidelines put the auto business on a path to aggressively ramping up electrical car manufacturing by 2025, till Mr. Trump revoked them in 2020. He wrote on Twitter, “The Trump administration is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions in an effort to produce far inexpensive vehicles for the patron, whereas on the similar time making the vehicles considerably SAFER.” He stated the change would result in elevated auto manufacturing and new “JOBS, JOBS, JOBS,” and claimed that the newer vehicles could be “extraordinarily environmentally pleasant.”

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LeBron and son Bronny James play together for the first time in a preseason game for the Lakers

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PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James and his son, Bronny, made NBA history Sunday night when they played together for the first time during the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason game against Phoenix.

LeBron and Bronny are the first father and son to play in any NBA game at the same time, let alone on the same team. The James family’s remarkable moment coincidentally happened on Bronny’s 20th birthday.

Bronny James entered the game as a substitute to begin the second quarter, joining his father on the court out of the timeout. The crowd at Acrisure Arena in the Coachella Valley cheered at the mention of Bronny’s name.

LeBron James is beginning his record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, while LeBron James Jr. — known to all as Bronny — was the Lakers’ second-round draft pick this summer. After recovering from cardiac arrest over a year ago, Bronny played just one season at Southern California before entering the draft and joining the Lakers.

Things weren’t immediately smooth for the James family: Bronny committed two turnovers and LeBron made another in their first two minutes together. Shortly after LeBron hit a 3-pointer moments later, LeBron got the ball to Bronny and set a screen for his son’s 3-point attempt, but Bronny missed.

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Bronny came off for a substitute 4:09 into the second quarter, and LeBron came off 25 seconds later at the next dead ball.

Although LeBron will turn 40 in late December, the top scorer in NBA history has shown no sign of slowing down with age. He has spoken for years about his longtime dream of playing in the NBA with one of his sons, and the Lakers made it a reality when they grabbed Bronny with the 55th pick in the draft.

The 6-foot-2 Bronny is expected to spend much of the upcoming season working on his game with the South Bay Lakers of the G League, but he will almost certainly get to play alongside his 6-foot-9 father in a real game early in the regular season.

Head coach JJ Redick said the Lakers already have discussed the logistics of the next historic moment, but he hasn’t predicted when it will happen.

LeBron sat out of the Lakers’ preseason opener against Minnesota last Friday night, resting up after a full week of training camp following a busy summer. Bronny had two points on 1-for-6 shooting and three blocked shots while playing 16 minutes against the Timberwolves.

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The Lakers have four more preseason games — all outside Los Angeles while their home arena is being renovated — before they begin the regular season at home against Minnesota on Oct. 22.

LeBron was early in his second NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers when he and his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson, became parents for the first time in 2004. They had two more children — son Bryce and daughter Zhuri.

LeBron and Bronny have been preparing for the chance to play together ever since LeBron returned from a summer vacation after winning a gold medal with the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics. Anthony Davis also made his preseason debut against the Suns after a similarly busy summer.

The father and son have scrimmaged together repeatedly during workouts at the Lakers’ training complex, both as teammates and opponents. Redick said they’ve even run pick-and-rolls together in preparation.

In the regular season, they’ll join a short list of fathers and sons who have shared a playing field in North American professional sports. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. played together with the Seattle Mariners during parts of the 1990 and 1991 MLB seasons, while hockey great Gordie Howe played with his sons Marty and Mark for the WHA’s Houston Aeros and the NHL’s Hartford Whalers.

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Iran’s chief of overseas arms dealings radio silent since Beirut strikes: Iranian officials

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The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) overseas military-intelligence service, who traveled to Lebanon last month after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has not been heard from since last week’s strikes on Beirut, Iranian officials say.

Reuters reported that two senior Iranian security officials confirmed that Iran’s Quds Force commander, Esmail Qaani, had not been heard from since late last week.

One official told the wire Qaani was in the southern suburbs of Beirut during a missile strike that reportedly targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, though he was not meeting with the Hezbollah leader.

An official from Hezbollah said Israel was not permitting them to search for Safieddine after the bombing in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday. The group also said it would not announce Safieddine’s fate until the search for him was over.

ISRAELI OFFICIAL WARNS ‘EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE’ AS IDF PREPARES RESPONSE TO IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK

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IRGC chief Esmail Qaani has not been heard from since Israel launched an assault on Hezbollah in Beirut last week. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Safieddine was reportedly a likely successor to Nasrallah, who died when Israel launched a strike on Dahiyeh on Sept. 27.

The Iranian official told the Associated Press that Iran and Hezbollah were unable to contact Qaani after the U.S. assassinated his predecessor, Qassem Soleimani, in a drone strike in 2020.

The second Iranian official told the AP that Qaani traveled to Lebanon after Nasrallah was killed, adding that authorities had not been able to contact him since the strike on Safieddine.

ISRAEL LAUNCHES LIMITED GROUND OPERATIONS IN LEBANON AS WAR AGAINST HEZBOLLAH, TERRORIST GROUPS CONTINUE

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Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the southern suburb of Beirut

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the southern suburb of Beirut on Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

An Iranian official told Fox News Digital that the higher up an official is, the harder it is to conceal.

“Whatever the verdict is on Qaani’s whereabouts, the fact that the regime has not been able to produce him to quell rumors means he is either injured or in hiding,” the official said. “Israel is pressing its advantage in Lebanon against commanders of Iran’s threat network, leading to command-and-control issues and chaos that generates rumors like these.”

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An IDF profile picture shows Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah, who the IDF confirmed was killed in a strike. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)

Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani was asked about reports that Qaani may have been killed in the Israeli airstrike, and he said the results of the strikes were still being assessed.

Shoshani said the attack late last week was against Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Beirut.

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Qaani’s Quds Force is responsible for overseeing the dealings with Tehran and allied militias like Hezbollah across the Middle East.

IRGC commander Brig. Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, was killed with Nasrallah on Sept. 27 when Israel’s bombs struck his bunker.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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European leaders call for ceasefire on anniversary of Gaza war

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The 7 October Hamas incursion into southern Israel left more than 1,000 people dead and sparked a year of war which has devastated much of the Gaza Strip.

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There has been some early reaction from European leaders on the first anniversary of the Hamas incursion into Israel which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Hamas attacks, which saw 1,200 Israelis killed and 250 others taken hostage, were an example of “unspeakable savagery” which could not be justified.

“The European Union stands with all the innocent people whose lives have been shattered to the core since that fateful day,” she said in a statement.

She reiterated her call for a ceasefire in the Strip and the unconditional release of the Israelis still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli authorities say almost 100 hostages remain in Gaza, but fewer than 70 are believed to still be alive. 

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“One year on, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is appalling. The European Union will keep doing its utmost to mobilise financial assistance and facilitate deliveries and distribution of humanitarian aid, to the Palestinian people, and now also in Lebanon,” she said.

“Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel ignited a spiral of violence which has brought the entire region to a state of extreme tension and volatility.”

In a year of fighting, more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza but the Hamas-run health ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count.

In a video posted on X, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz regretted that “so much suffering, so many deaths” had taken place on both sides of the conflict.

“With their disgusting attack on Israel, Hamas triggered a catastrophe for the Palestinian people. The Federal Government therefore continues to persistently advocate for a ceasefire, which must finally come about so that the civilian population in the Gaza Strip can be better protected and, of course, better cared for,” he said.

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And in prayers at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, Pope Francis appealed to the Virgin Mary for help “in these times oppressed by injustice and devastated by wars.” 

“You who are the queen of peace, convert the minds of those who fuel hatred, silence the noise of weapons that generate death, extinguish the violence that smoulders in the heart of man and inspire peace projects in the actions of those who govern the Nations,” he said.

More reaction from Europe is expected throughout Monday.

Strikes on Gaza continue

On Sunday, the Israeli military announced a new air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, the site of a refugee camp dating back to the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.

Israel reiterated its call, from the early weeks of the war, for the complete evacuation of northern Gaza.

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Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have remained in the heavily destroyed north while around a million fled to the south.

Those fresh orders have prompted thousands to flee the area, many leaving on foot, some using donkeys and carts.

“We did not do anything and they attacked us without warning, without notifying us of maps or anything else. They surprised us this time and we fled. We left with our families and children without anything, just some clothes,” said camp resident Moe’n Khader.

Palestinian authorities reported heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza on Sunday, with at least 19 people killed in an attack on a central mosque.

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Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have said they have put the country on high alert for potential attacks as they prepare to hold their own memorials for the victims of the 7 October Hamas attacks.

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