September 24, 2021 | by Kristina D'Amico
From the Firm: National and International News Here is a roundup of the big news this week: :
US Haiti envoy quits over 'inhumane' deportations According to BBC News, the US special envoy for Haiti has resigned in protest over the deportation of Haitian migrants. Following the recent earthquake and political instability impacting the small country, Haitians have been making their way into the US, mostly through Texas. Since Sunday the US has returned 1,401 migrants from the Texas camp on the border with Mexico. The situation sparked backlash this week when a photo surfaced of border patrol agents on horseback were photographed attempting to corrall migrants. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called the image "horrific" and stated that the use of horses in the area would cease.
California fires: General Sherman and other sequoias given blankets The trees of Sequoia National Park are receiving a little bit of help from firefighters as the Colony and Paradise fires in California continue to grow. The forest's trees — including the 275ft General Sherman, the Earth's largest tree by volume and 2,500 years old — are being wrapped with aluminum foil blankets in an effort to protect them. More than 350 firefighters are battling alongside helicopters and water-dropping plans to try to bank the fires.
Clients In the News Amazon hiring 4,800 workers in Philadelphia region
Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 4,800 employees in the Philadelphia area as part of a nationwide push to add 125,000 more workers across the country. The roles will be concentrated in transportation and fulfillment, offering an average starting wage of around $18 per hour.
The Biggest Story in Pennsylvania This Week
Tom Wolf wants PA to have a carbon-free electric grid by 2050 Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Wednesday unveiled a new plan to fight climate change that calls for the state’s electric grid to be made 100% carbon-free by 2050. The plan, which includes a total of 18 recommendations to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, stresses a need to update the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act and require 100% of electricity generated in the state to be from carbon-free sources. The 2021 Climate Action Plan notes that the shift would result in “both positive and negative economic impacts” in the state and would result in job losses within the fossil fuel industry. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell noted that, out of all the strategies listed in the plan, decarbonizing the electric grid would result in the most significant reduction in emissions.
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News That Made Us Laugh
A 10-Foot Wide House In Boston Sells For $1.25 Million "The 3,238-meter (10,623-ft) Mount Titlis has seen large portions of its glacial coverage disappear over the last few decades, and ski resort employees who rely on the glaciers to keep the snow thick and crisp for winter holidays work for 4-6 weeks securing blankets to give the ice rivers all the help they can get."
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