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The Haidach gas storage facility near Salzburg, Austria.
The Big Bet on Natural Gas Is Blowing Up in the World's Face: For years, natural gas was portrayed as a "bridge fuel" that could fight climate change by eradicating coal and filling in the gaps left by renewable energy sources. Ryan Cooper wrote about how the worldwide pivot to natural gas was a mistake.
Could Yuh-Line Niou Run on the WFP Line?: Self-funding multimillionaire Dan Goldman won the NY-10 congressional primary with just a quarter of the vote as the most prominent centrist in a field
with multiple progressives. Alexander Sammon wrote about how progressive favorite Yuh-Line Niou could run against him on the Working Families Party line and win the general election. Altercation: Can CNN Actually Get Worse? Apparently, It Can.: As Eric
Alterman writes, CNN's parent company's right-wing billionaire board member, John Malone, is intent on pushing CNN in the direction of Fox News.
Pete Buttigieg's Feeble Policy on Flight Cancellations: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has the authority to fine airlines for excessive cancellations and unpaid refunds. The weak regulatory options he's pursuing instead, Robert Kuttner writes, lets the airlines off the hook.
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