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March 2021, Santa Cruz

Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS

@ChrisMurphyCT Senators are examining a reform to the Electoral Count Act that would make it harder for a governor or state to certify electors for a candidate who loses the popular vote, @ChrisMurphyCT tells me. Important new details from inside these talks here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

Hopefully this actually moves forward, given the Republican candidate in PA has essentially vowed to appoint Republican electors for president regardless of outcome.

Ella Nilsen @ella_nilsen

Scoop: DOE is announcing a massive investment in 4 direct air capture hubs. When built, each should be capable of removing over a million tons of CO2 per year (removing 1 million ton of CO2 is like taking ~200k gas cars off the road).

cnn.comFirst on CNN: DOE announces multibillion-dollar project to kickstart a carbon dioxide removal industry in USDirect air carbon capture projects are like giant vacuum cleaners that suck planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air and lock it away.

We're going to need direct removal eventually, and scaling the technology is the first step.

Threads

• Short thread from Nate Silver on why the Roe opinion leak hasn't impacted polls. (TL;DR, polling is quite noisy, this was just a draft, not the actual opinion)