by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 3.
“we need a complete transformation of our global energy economy, as well as how we manage land and forest resources. We need to embrace low-carbon, climate-resilient sustainable development.” @UN Chief @antonioguterres at #COP24 in Katowice. #ClimateAction #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/COtUbcLBnR
— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) December 3, 2018
- High Stakes As International Climate Conference Begins
- Oil Jumps Most Since June on Saudi-Russia Pact and Canada Cuts
- Trump Auto Tariff Tweet Lifts Stocks, Beijing Remains Silent
- Trump says China to “reduce and remove” tariffs on U.S.-made cars
- World Bank to invest $200bn to combat climate change (“Sum available for 2021-25 represents doubling of current five-year plan”)
- World Bank Group Announces $200 billion over Five Years for Climate Action
- Despite pause in trade war, U.S. and China’s economic relationship is forever changed
- Qatar to leave OPEC and focus on gas as it takes swipe at Riyadh
- Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction (Do these people even have souls to search?)
- What Happens If … (“The possibilities ahead in the Russia investigation suggest we are not reaching the end of a nightmare, but rather entering one.”)
- Shell sets carbon cutting targets after investor pressure
- In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska (“For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration.” Greedy sociopaths.)
- ‘Just a lot of alarmism’: Trump’s skepticism of climate science is echoed across GOP (These people are complete shit-for-brains.)
- Alaska earthquake aftermath: Officials urge residents to avoid roads
- Putin’s Media Roasts Trump: Russia ‘Should Spit’ on Him and the United States (“The on-again-off-again non-meeting with Putin at the G20 was played for laughs in the Kremlin’s official media—but with an angry edge.”)
- Total GOP Control in Washington Is About to End. What Did They Get Out of It?
- Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses ‘sad’ rape accuser, says he welcomes sex misconduct probe
- Artificial or farmed Christmas tree? Turns out there’s a third, more sustainable option (“Re-plantable live trees are the ‘greenest’ choice — yet few consumers know about them.”)
- Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner on “Face the Nation,” December 2, 2018
- Warner says Senate Intel has made “a number of referrals” to Mueller
- With Amazon coming, Virginia schools look to boost computer education
- Three Newly-Elected Virginia Congresswomen Join “New Democrat Coalition” (Note: What About Climate Change???)
- Three Numbers Show Why Governor Northam’s Climate Math Doesn’t Add Up
- Virginia 2019 Candidates for House of Delegates, State Senate, County Boards
- ‘You have no control:’ As psychiatric admissions rise, Virginia grapples with a hospital crisis that threatens care and safety
- It takes political courage to address climate change (“Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed carbon trading regulation is a significant step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, but this action is more than overshadowed by other decisions the state government has made that would increase greenhouse gas emissions more than seven times the amount the governor proposes to cut.”)
- Haner: Best tax reform idea? Raise the standard deduction (Hmmmm…all you really need to know is that the author is “Senior Fellow for State and Local Tax Policy for the Thomas Jefferson Institute.” Yep, these guys.)
- Editorial: How Amazon was won, Part 2
- Virginia got Amazon. But small bookstores aren’t cheering
- Fields murder trial continues Monday; defense to begin presenting case Tuesday or Wednesday
- The push for more state funding is expanding beyond Richmond
- Jim Oliver: Solutions needed, and now, for Portsmouth
- Alicia Plerhoples for Fairfax County School (FCPS) Board, Dranesville District
- A mild Monday but turning colder the rest of the week as we track snow chances
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