{"id":4455,"date":"2025-08-07T12:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:34:06","slug":"20250807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/2025\/08\/07\/20250807\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday\u2019s News 2025 08 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Thomas: Trump’s Latest Policy Could Threaten Every Wind Project in America<\/a><\/h2>\n

President Trump has been a vocal opponent of wind energy for more than a decade. But up until recently, his policies have never matched his rhetoric.
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Shortly before he took office in January, Trump told reporters<\/a> in Mar-a-Lago that his second administration would take a very different approach to wind energy. \u201cWe are going to have a policy where no windmills are being built,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The growth of wind energy and the legal guardrails that should make such policy impossible made it easy to dismiss this early warning sign. Since then, it\u2019s become clear that the administration is willing to break laws and pursue unprecedented policies to stop wind energy development entirely.<\/p>\n

A new escalation that could threaten every wind project<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, Heatmap\u2019s Jael Holzman broke a story<\/a> about the administration\u2019s latest attack on wind energy:<\/p>\n

The Transportation Department last Tuesday declared that it would now call for a national 1.2-mile property setback \u2014 that is, a mandatory distance requirement \u2014 for all wind facilities near railroads and highways.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A 1.2-mile setback in a country with as many highways and railroads as ours would restrict development on a huge swatch of the country\u2019s land. But it was a single sentence buried in the same release that signaled a threat that could be much larger.<\/p>\n

DOT said that it would instruct the Federal Aviation Administration to \u201cthoroughly evaluate proposed wind turbines to ensure they do not pose a danger to aviation\u201d \u2014 a signal that a once-routine FAA height clearance required for almost every wind turbine could now become a hurdle for the entire sector.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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    South China Morning Post: As Trump funding cuts hit even maths prodigy Terence Tao, China remains a talent magnet<\/a><\/h2>\n

    Trump-era cuts are hobbling US research, while China has stepped up efforts to attract science and tech talent, particularly mathematicians
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    \nRenowned mathematician Terence Tao says funding delays at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have left his lab struggling to support graduate students and research projects.
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    Bulwark: He\u2019s the \u2018Mozart\u2019 of Math and Trump Killed His Funding<\/a><\/h2>\n

    The latest casualty in the administration\u2019s assault on higher education is a legendary researcher who embodies the best of America.<\/p>\n

    Register: Trump calls for Intel CEO’s head over alleged China links<\/a><\/h2>\n
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    TNR: The Diversity Bell That Trump Can\u2019t Un-ring<\/a><\/h2>\n

    The biggest problem with the history Trump wants to impose on us is that it never, in fact, existed.
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    Jay Kuo: ICE Is Having Trouble Recruiting<\/a><\/h2>\n

    But you should see who they\u2019re encouraging to join.<\/p>\n

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    • Sign-on bonuses, student debt relief, hefty overtime and generous benefits
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    • Eliminating the age cap …\n
    • Poaching from local law enforcement …\n
    • White nationalist and fascist themes …\n<\/ul>\n

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      \nThese are just some of the white supremacists people were able to out or spot. By inviting new hires to \u201cDefend your culture!,\u201d DHS is now supercharging recruitment of white supremacists into the ranks of ICE. And it is doing so intentionally.<\/p>\n

      This is nothing short of the KKK being reconstituted within the government itself, being granted official permission to remain anonymous behind masks, and handed near boundless resources to continue a campaign of terror against immigrants and racial minorities.
      \n      (Jay Kuo more…)<\/a><\/p>\n