Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond.

US & Canada

Climate Change

Environment

White House

Politics

North America

Biden Administration

Washington DC

Washington

Yahoo News

The Hill

Overnight Energy & Environment — Biden announces green buildings initiative

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is suing the Biden administration to force the reinstatement of the state's Medicaid waiver.



Business

Brian Kemp

Joe Biden

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta

The Independent

abc News

Associated Press News

The Washington Post

Kemp sues Biden administration over Medicaid work requirements

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey sued the Biden administration on Friday over its demand that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don't have mask requirements or that close due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

Education

Coronavirus

Face Masks

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix

News18 India

Arizona sues Biden to keep school anti-mask rules

President Biden on Friday commended Intel’s $20 billion investment to build chip factories as a tool for the U.S. economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.



Auto

Finance

IBTimes

Bloomberg Quint

NBC News

Biden calls Intel's $20B investment to build chip factories a tool for economic recovery

The U.S. government said Friday it would suspend 44 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government's decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over COVID-19 concerns.
The suspensions will begin Jan. 30 with Xiamen Airlines’ scheduled Los Angeles-to-Xiamen flight and run through March 29, the Transportation Department said.

Asia

International

Americas

Air Travel

Beijing

Times of India

CTV News

The Hindu 

US Suspends 44 Flights by Chinese Carriers After Beijing Action

The Biden administration announced new efforts on Friday to attract international science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students and researchers to the U.S. as part of its mission to increase recruitment of talent abroad.

Science

South China Morning Post

Biden Administration Makes Visa Tweaks to Retain Foreign STEM Students

A federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked President Biden's mandate for federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the latest blow to the White House's vaccination efforts.

Donald Trump

Medical

Pandemic

Texas, United States

Texas

Reuters

CBS Local

USA Today

Washington Times

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers

The Biden administration is launching a new partnership with two states and several cities aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions from buildings. 



The White House

Biden launches green buildings partnership with states, cities

The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba's cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, according to three people briefed on the matter, as the government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese technology companies' dealings with U.S. firms. The focus of the probe is on how the company stores U.S. clients'

Tech

Alibaba

New York, NY

New York

NDTV

U.S. examining Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday that talks over President Biden's sweeping climate and social spending package would be "starting from scratch," throwing cold water on hopes of a quick revival.



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