In this photo illustration Oatly oat milk is shown on May 20, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olsen | Getty Images Wall Street appears to be sourcing on plant-based substitutes. Shares of Beyond Meat and Oatly have shed more than half their value this year. The stocks are both high-profile and relative recent entrants to…
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Nearly 25% of US students have access to personal finance education
Personal finance teacher Marina White teaches Canyon High School seniors in Santa Clarita, California, a lesson on investing and the power of compound interest. Helen Zhao | CNBC Millions of high school students across the US will graduate in 2022 with one important course under their belt: personal finance. Recent momentum among states requiring personal…
Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanesa new US government study found. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study links changes in regionalized air pollution across the globe to storm activity going both up and down. A 50% decrease in pollution particles and droplets in Europe and the US is…
88% of adults support mandated personal finance education
Most adults in the US support guaranteed access to personal finance education for high school students. Eighty-eight percent of adults surveyed by the National Endowment for Financial Education said their state should require either a semester or year long personal finance course for graduation. The survey of 1,030 adults was conducted in March. More from…
Georgia is now the latest state to mandate personal finance education
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp makes remarks during a visit to Adventure Outdoors gun shop as he pushes for a new state law to loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, in Smyrna, Georgia, January 5, 2022. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters High school students in Georgia will soon have guaranteed access to a personal finance…
Interior Department cancels offshore oil and gas leases in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico
CNN — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it would cancel three upcoming offshore oil and gas leases – two in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska – over a lack of interest and delays. The cancellation of the previously planned Cook Inlet sale in Alaska, as well as the lease sales in the…
As California runs out of water, commission poised to vote on whether to allow another expensive desalination plant
The Angels CNN — As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency is poised to vote Thursday on whether it will allow a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach that would convert ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents. Poseidon Water, which has been…