by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 12.
- U.N. panel says it can’t rule on climate case brought by Thunberg (“…adding that they should have taken the case to national courts first.”)
- Net zero by 2050 means eliminating fossil fuels from the grid by 2035
- Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John Kerry (“Exclusive: upbeat US climate envoy anticipates big announcements from key players at Glasgow talks”)
- Is Sucking Carbon Out of the Air the Solution to Our Climate Crisis? (“Or just another Big Oil boondoggle?”)
- Scientists looked at more than 100,000 studies and found the world has a giant climate-crisis blind spot
- Human-induced climate change has affected most of the population, new study shows
- Report: Offshore Wind Supply Chain Worth $109B Over 10 Years (“A group studying the economics of offshore wind energy in the U.S. says building and operating the nascent industry will be worth $109 billion to businesses in its supply chain over the next 10 years.”)
- The energy crisis is driving prices up. Don’t let that stop transitions toward cleaner fuels. (We need to massively ACCELERATE the transition to clean energy.)
- Climate change is causing problems for puffins
- View: Solar installation surge puts India on track to cap coal-fired power as early as 2024
- China isn’t the only huge Asian economy with a coal shortage now
- Evergrande misses 3rd round of bond coupon payments, intensifying contagion fears
- Washington Is Getting China Wrong (“A crisis at a property company exposes deep, dangerous, and often unrecognized weaknesses in the Chinese economy.”)
- In search for covid origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny
- To prevent the next pandemic, we must find the source of covid-19. China’s stonewalling is unacceptable.
- Global Tax Deal Faces Emerging Hurdle in U.S. Debate Over Treaty
- Afghanistan ‘at make-or-break point’ says UN as G20 ministers meet
- Strange Quiet Arrives in Afghanistan After Decades of War
- Afghanistan Is Facing a Total Economic Meltdown
- Violent crimes rise in Mexico; 94.8% go unpunished (“Two investigations warn about the shortcomings of the country’s judicial system and the rise of extreme violence and ‘atrocities’ by organized crime groups.”)
- Fiona Hill, a nobody to Trump and Putin, saw into them both (“Vladimir Putin paid scant attention to Fiona Hill, a preeminent U.S. expert on Russia, when she was seated next to him at dinners…Fluent in Russian, she often carefully took in the conversations of men who seemed to forget she was there and wrote it all down later, she recalled in an Associated Press interview…If Hill’s tone is restrained, it is damning by a thousand cuts. It lays out how a career devoted to understanding and managing the Russian threat crashed into her revelation that the greatest threat to America comes from within.”)
- Covid: UK’s early response worst public health failure ever, MPs say
- NPR poll: The delta surge pushed Americans further behind in all walks of life
- Return of Office Workers Reaches Pandemic High
- House Takes Up Debt-Ceiling Fix as Clock Ticks on Biden’s Agenda
- Mounting problems test Biden’s presidency and Democrats’ hold on power
- Democrats Contemplate ‘Horrible Possibility’ That Reconciliation Bill Will Die (“Senate Democrats are starting to fear they can’t win over Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.”)
- Take the Democrats-are-doomed narrative with a grain of salt
- Solar deployed on rooftops could match annual U.S. electricity generation
- Don’t blame the ‘moderates’ for the reconciliation fight (“It’s two senators’ fault”)
- Indigenous protesters urge Biden to stop approving fossil fuel projects (“Demonstrators at Washington event want the president to declare the climate crisis a national emergency”)
- Indigenous Leaders Among the 136 Arrested at White House Fossil Fuel Protest
- The media are finally waking up to the ‘rolling coup.’ They must take the side of democracy. (“Reporters must hold Republicans accountable.”)
- John Roberts is no longer the leader of his own court. Who, then, controls it? (“Chief justice no longer sits in supreme court’s ideological center and has lost the power to cast the deciding vote in any ruling”)
- Only one thing can solve Biden’s political dilemma: Donald Trump (“Passing legislation won’t motivate Democratic voters. Trump will.”)
- Biden’s Proposal to Empower I.R.S. Rattles Banks and Their Customers
- Texas Abortion Law Is ‘Sabotage’ of Guaranteed Right, U.S. Says (“The Biden administration argues the law flouts more than 200 years of precedent.”)
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill
- We Are Republicans. There’s Only One Way to Save Our Party From Pro-Trump Extremists.
- I’m no Democrat — but I’m voting exclusively for Democrats to save our democracy
- Trump tightens Jan. 6 vise for GOP: The Note
- Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Far From Finished (“Trump is preparing to run in 2024, but a new Senate report detailing his sedition gives officials the evidence they need to disqualify him from completing the coup.”)
- John Eastman’s employer tries to whitewash his road map for overturning Trump’s loss
- The Memo: Anti-democratic fears rise as GOP stokes election doubts
- Grassley’s embrace of Trump shakes GOP landscape (Grassley is a disgrace.)
- Trump-backed candidates face scrutiny after minimal vetting
- Black flag: Understanding the Trumpists’ latest threatening symbol (“Trump zealots have begun flying black U.S. flags, which signal no quarter for enemies. It’s a threat of violence”)
- John Eastman’s Employer Defends Blueprint For Pence To Steal Election For Trump (Appalling.)
- Southwest Airlines, union insist pilots didn’t walk out to protest vaccine mandates
- Another Facebook whistleblower says she is willing to testify before Congress (If you work at Facebook, it’s time for you to speak out about your employer’s role in destroying our democracy, in spreading COVID and climate disinformation, etc, etc.)
- Time’s up for Facebook’s empty promises
- Rigorous planning helped Facebook whistleblower break through
- Nick Clegg Spends Sunday Frantically Trying to Save Face(book)
- Texas Governor Bans All COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates In The State (He’s banning PRIVATE businesses from running their PRIVATE businesses the way they see fit? So basically, Abbott is violating everything Republicans claim about “government regulation,” “freedom,” yada yada…)
- Pennsylvania attorney general jumps into ’22 governor’s race
- Raiders Coach Resigns After Homophobic and Misogynistic Emails (“A trove of emails in a separate workplace misconduct case shows Raiders Coach Jon Gruden went beyond previously disclosed racist comments to issue broad tirades.”)
- Jon Gruden Is the NFL
- Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel
- Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Tells Staff That Dave Chappelle’s Special Doesn’t Cross ‘Line on Hate’
- How future hurricanes could affect the Chesapeake Bay region, according to new research
- New Federal Data Shows Job Growth Varies Across Virginia
- Virginia GOP candidate backs away from Trump’s Big Lie — but wants an election “audit” (“Trump-backed Virginia candidate getting snuggly with election conspiracy theorists as governor race tightens”)
- Terry for Virginia Releases New Digital Ad “Agenda” Highlighting Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump’s Shared Election Conspiracy Theory Agenda
- Glenn Youngkin’s Running Mate and Amanda Chase to Rally Together With Steve Bannon and QAnon Conspiracy Theorists This Week (“Rallying with Steve Bannon, one of the main architects behind the Big Lie, and an extreme QAnon darling who continues to push dangerous election integrity lies and conspiracies is truly who Glenn Youngkin’s GOP is”)
- Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance (VTCA) PAC Endorses Terry McAuliffe for Governor
- McAuliffe launched a new digital ad targeting Youngkin for past election integrity comments
- Virginia Republicans feel a similar enthusiasm on the ground as they did in 2009
- Glenn Youngkin’s Complicated History on Critical Race Theory (“Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin pushed donations to racial justice organizations before he made opposition to critical race theory a centerpiece of his campaign.”)
- Video: After Disintegrating on Friday, VA Redistricting Commission Meeting This Morning Ended in a GOP Delegate’s Question About Whether Co-Chair Great Harris (D) Is Still a Member, Followed By a Loooong “Airing of Grievances”/Group Therapy Session
- Redistricting commission moves to congressional maps, plans formal vote to drop work on legislative maps
- Controversy Abounds for Virginia’s Redistricting Commission
- Virginia Redistricting Committee stymied by ‘a fundamental lack of trust’
- “A total setup!” (“After failing to agree on General Assembly districts, Virginia Redistricting Commission moves onto congressional maps.”)
- Editorial: To participate, register today (“Tuesday’s deadline is an important opportunity to register, check your registration and make a plan to vote in Virginia’s election this year.”)
- Officials pledge progress on equity after governor’s school bill falters; another never got a hearing (“After racial justice protests gripped the country and politicians pledged progress, Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni felt confident in his paragraph-long pitch for lawmakers to boost diversity at the state’s governor’s schools.”)
- Petition asks the Virginia Department of Health to mandate COVID-19 vaccines in schools
- Virginia lags many states in state education funding, analysis says
- VA GOP House of Delegates Candidate Asks, “Do you think the sea level would lower, if we just took all the boats out of the water?” (He also claims that anyone who calls him on this is engaging in “hate” and asks, “Curious when you stopped believing in pure physics?”)
- ICYMI: Photos from Human Rights Campaign’s VA Day of Action with Delegate Roem, Delegate Joshua Cole, and VA’s Next Lieutenant Governor Ayala
- City of Richmond, tribal representatives from around the state honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- D.C.-area forecast: One more cloudy day before several days of warm sunshine
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