Sunday News: “Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds”; “Consensus Grows that Ukraine Scandal Is Impeachable Offense”; “President Trump and the warping of democratic governance”; “Climate fight of vital concern to Hampton Roads”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 22.

• Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds (“Friday’s global climate protests put the gap between activists and many of the world leaders preparing to meet in New York City this week into stark focus. On Monday, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, comes a glimpse of how far presidents and prime ministers are willing to go.”)
• 600 Meetings and a World of Conflict: What to Expect at the U.N. General Assembly (“Nearly 200 leaders will converge on the world’s most prominent diplomatic stage for five days of speeches, hundreds of meetings — and clashes over climate change, Iran and trade.”)
• Can We Make Destroying the Amazon a Crime Against Humanity? (“A group of activists wants to try.”)
• Trudeau’s support holds after apology for wearing brownface
• What Justin Trudeau’s brownface photo says about white innocence (“Racist incidents are not isolated or distant in the past.”)
• Iran Envoy Won’t Rule Out War After U.S. Sends Aid to Saudis
• Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon
• An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran
• Israel: Wounded Netanyahu in desperate battle for political survival after poll blow
• Cheap Gas Is Killing Nuclear, Green Power May Finish the Job (“A potent mix of solar, wind and batteries is threatening the future of nuclear”)
• Consensus Grows that Ukraine Scandal Is Impeachable Offense (“Trump’s critics believe the latest allegations could be even more incriminating than the behavior detailed in the Mueller Report.”)
• President Trump and the warping of democratic governance
• Trump’s Ukraine call reveals a president convinced of his own invincibility
• ‘A diplomatic disaster’: Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions
• Should U.S. troops put their lives on the line for Saudi Arabia? (Absolutely not.)
• Imelda’s immense rain is now 7 times more likely than just 30 years ago (“Imelda’s immense rainfall is both amazing and also desensitizing – very rare, historic rainfall has now fallen along the western Gulf Coast a few times in as many years. It’s becoming a lot more common because of climate change.”)
• Ukraine and Whistle-Blower Issues Emerge as Major Flashpoints in Presidential Race
• Q&A: Michael Mann on Coverage Since ‘Climategate’
• Talking up a rapid renewables transition will get us there faster (“Two potentially “self-fulfilling” energy transition narratives are in competition, says a World Economic Forum report. Only one, the ‘rapid narrative,’ would help us limit global warming to the Paris Agreement goal of ‘well below two degrees Celsius.'”)
• Yes, there is something the House can do to punish Trump right now
• Many wind turbines are slated to come online in the United States in 2019 and 2020 (“According to projects reported to EIA through surveys and on EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, operators expect another 8.5 GW to come online by the end of this year, with an additional 14.3 GW by the end of 2020.”)
• Justice Neil Gorsuch claims Supreme Court not split on party lines (Hahahahaha.)
• Trump goes after New York Times, Washington Post: ‘They have gone totally CRAZY!!!!’
• Biden goes hard after Trump in Iowa over Ukraine accusations
• On Ukraine Call, Biden Says Trump Is ‘Violating Every Basic Norm Of A President’
• Warren edges Biden, takes her first lead in prized Iowa poll (“The poll from the Des Moines Register, CNN and Mediacom has Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 22 percent. Former vice president Joe Biden fell by 3 percentage points to 20 percent.”)
• Democrats could win Oval Office by running up score in House races
• Cory Booker Warns Presidential Run Could End Soon
• Bernie Sanders slides to third in Iowa Poll as fewer respondents view him favorably
• Veepstakes 2020: Which Democrats Are Secretly Running for Second Place? (“Kamala, Pete, and Booker might be playing for the consolation prize”)
• Lawns are in retreat. Is suburbia ready for the front-yard veggie garden? (Good; I encourage everyone to get rid of all or most of their lawns and replace them with native/pollinator-friendly plants, fruit trees, vegetable gardens, etc. The bees, birds, etc. will thank you!)
• ‘A Great Loss For America’: Friends And Family Pay Tribute To Cokie Roberts
• Rural ERs see fallout from national nursing shortage
• Opinion/Commentary: Many will miss out on tax refunds
• Graphs, Graphs, and More Graphs: The Money Race for Virginia General Assembly
• Democratic Party of Virginia Unanimously Passes Resolutions in Support of 100% Clean Energy, Green New Deal, $15/Hour Minimum Wage
• Atif Qarni, Daniel Carey, Brian Moran and Carlos Hopkins column: September is Suicide Prevention Month
• Editorial: Climate fight of vital concern to Hampton Roads
• Washington Monument elevator breaks down days after landmark reopens
• ACLU urges independent review after mentally ill woman is fatally shot at home by Henrico police
• Opinion/Commentary: Looming shake-up in Republican line-up?
• Gordon C. Morse: Weighing risk, reward as campaigns take shape
• Photos: Gabby Giffords Campaigns for Democrats Sheila Bynum-Coleman, Amanda Pohl
• Video: Climate Activists Celebrate After Arlington County Adopts Goal of 100% Renewable Power by 2035, Carbon Neutrality by 2050
• Editorial: Some surprising educational statistics from Southside and Southwest Va.
• Audio: On Sebastian Gorka Show, Far-Right Fairfax County School Board Member Rants About “Radicals Who Believe in Identity Politics”; Complains, “We Can No Longer Have a Eurocentric History”
• An Express distributor had become a part of their mornings. So when he suddenly lost his job, hundreds decided to help.
• Hot and humid through tomorrow; marvelous again by midweek