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Extreme price swings in wholesale electricity markets and growing concerns around grid instability are opening up new markets for energy storage. Batteries are now a critical solution to drive value for both capital and consumers.

A string of hashtags has appeared on social media platforms using disinformation and promoting conspiracy theories about climate change. This analysis of interaction with these hashtags shows that they were mainly promoted by accounts linked to oil interests in Gulf countries. It also showed that this interaction coincided with international and regional events related to the climate issues, and was at odds with the stated positions of these countries, which claim to abide by international climate agreements.

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The database — the first of its kind in the nation — will vastly expand public access to internal affairs records that disclose how law enforcement agencies throughout the state handle misconduct allegations as well as uses of police force that result in death or serious injury. The database, funded by the State of California, currently has records from nearly 12,000 cases, including thousands involving police shootings. Every record in the database was released by a law enforcement agency after being redacted in compliance with California’s public records laws. As a result, journalists and members of the public will now be able to search statewide for particular types of misconduct and use-of-force. Police chiefs will be able to use the data to aid in hiring decisions. Researchers will be able to identify trends and patterns.

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