Andrew Johnson

Dec 24, 2024 | time.com | Karl Vick |Andrew Johnson

December 24, 2024 10:22 AM ESTNarges Mohammadi picked up Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid 's Tale while in prison. The activist had been sentenced to 16 years for challenging Iran's enforcement of what Mohammadi terms gender apartheid—a system of dress codes, sexual subjugation, and coercive control enforced, as in Atwood's book, by men who have taken power as a theocracy. Mohammadi was still in prison when she won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2023.

Dec 18, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Andrew Johnson

US President-Elect Donald Trump telephoned Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday afternoon, as the UK seeks closer ties with the new regime, sources told The i Paper. Diplomats were shocked last week when Chinese President Xi Jinping was offered an invitation to Trump’s inauguration.  Instead, China’s ambassador to the US is likely to attend and other officials from Beijing may also join him.

Dec 18, 2024 | time.com | Marina Lopes |Andrew Johnson

By Marina Lopes and And Video by Andrew D. JohnsonDecember 18, 2024 7:00 AM ESTFor Petra Berschin, a bookstore owner in Heidelberg, Germany, the fight against climate change begins at her doorstep—literally. Berschin lives in Heidelberg’s Bahnstadt district, one of the world’s largest carbon-neutral neighborhoods. Home to 6,500 residents, Bahnstadt is a model for sustainable urban living, with every building—public and private—designed to strict energy efficiency standards.

Dec 10, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Sarah Sax |Andrew Johnson |Andrew Johnson

Solar growth has soared over the past few years. With new projects coming online this year, experts predict that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt hours in 2023 to 286 billion kWh in 2025. It has been an important part of the Biden Administration’s plan to eliminate fossil fuels as a form of energy generation by 2035.

Dec 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Andrew Johnson

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