The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
QUICK HITS
SEC approves rule that requires some companies to publicly report emissions and climate risks:
1
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after last-minute revisions that weakened the rule in the face of strong pushback from companies. The rule brings the U.S. closer to the European Union and California, which moved ahead earlier with corporate climate disclosure rules. The narrowed rule doesn’t include requirements that companies report some indirect emissions known as Scope 3. Those don’t come from a company or its operations, but happen along its supply chain.
Musk says he won’t donate to either presidential candidate:
2
Elon Musk signaled he won’t donate money to likely Republican nominee Donald Trump or President Joe Biden, downplaying expectations after a meeting with the GOP candidate earlier this week. Musk’s comments, however, do not rule out donations to a super political action committee or other political causes.
Man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked helicopter is suing government:
3
A Massachusetts man wants the government to pay $9.5 million after being badly injured in a crash with a Black Hawk helicopter. The lawsuit filed by Jeff Smith against the government follows a 2019 crash in which Smith’s snowmobile clipped the helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail. The crew had parked several hours earlier and were preparing for night training.
Navalny’s widow calls for Russia election day gatherings:
4
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison three weeks ago, called on his supporters on Wednesday to join a protest of this month’s presidential election that Navalny devised shortly before his still-unexplained death. Yulia Navalnaya asked Russians opposed to President Vladimir Putin to get in line at voting stations on March 17, the last and main day of voting. Putin is certain to win a fifth term in office. 5
Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe. The chipped stones, deliberately fashioned from volcanic rock, were excavated from a quarry in Korolevo in the 1970s. Archaeologists used new methods to date the layers of sedimentary rock surrounding the tools to more than 1 million years old, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.