Prologue Journal – Page 35375 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

As U.S. Tries to Isolate China, German Companies Move Closer

New York Times Some are expanding in China, reluctant to leave a huge market they need to finance operations back home. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/world/europe/germany-china-trade.html

E.P.A. Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks

New York Times The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/climate/biden-electric-cars-epa.html

Biden DOJ recommends no jail time for trans vandal of Catholic church: ‘F— Catholics’

Fox News President Biden’s Justice Department offered what critics are calling a sweetheart plea deal to a vandal who admitted to defacing a Catholic church with profane graffiti, destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulting a church worker, and resisting arrest. A plea agreement reviewed by Fox News Digital shows that the DOJ recommends zero…

EPA Calls for Toughest-Ever Rules on Tailpipe Emissions

Wall Street Journal The Biden administration is seeking to speed the transition to electric vehicles, while the auto industry is warning that a rule change alone won’t be enough. https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-seeks-to-boost-evs-with-toughest-ever-rules-on-tailpipe-emissions-5658217d

Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever

Washington Post New rule updates for cars and trucks could lead to 67% of all passenger car sales to be EVs by 2032, the EPA says, as it pushes new climate proposals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/12/biden-auto-emissions-rules-climate/

Closest village to active Shiveluch volcano covered in 11 cm of ash fall — authorities

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Roman Vasilevsky also pointed out that settlements have the necessary equipment to start clearing their territories of ash and snow https://tass.com/society/1602999

Wildfire in Central New Jersey Forces Evacuations

New York Times The blaze, about 50 miles east of Philadelphia in Manchester Township, had burned 2,500 acres and was 10 percent contained. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/us/new-jersey-wildfire.html

Russian forces repel Ukrainian army attacks in Krasny Liman area

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is reported that Russian air defense squads spotted and destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles https://tass.com/politics/1602997

Russia records 7,282 daily COVID cases, 39 deaths — crisis center

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Moscow’s COVID-19 cases surged by 1,292 over the past day versus 656 cases a day earlier https://tass.com/society/1602995

Serbian Defence Ministry denies supplying weapons to Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine The Serbian Ministry of Defence has denied information that appeared in the media about the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Source: Euronews.rs citing Miloš Vučević, Serbian Minister of Defence Vučević noted that Serbia has not sold and will not sell weapons to either the Ukrainian or the Russian side. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397513/