by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 31.
- Want to See the Future of Climate Politics? Look to Australia.
- Trump Policies Sent U.S. Tumbling in a Climate Ranking (“The Environmental Performance Index, published every two years by researchers at Yale and Columbia, found only Denmark and Britain on sustainable paths to net-zero emissions by 2050.”)
- This New Style of Climate Denial Will Make You Wish the Bad Old Days Were Back (“The bizarre claim that what we need, right now, is more fossil fuels.” Completely unhinged.)
- Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work (“If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling.”)
- Wind output hits record highs, offering some relief from “crazy”, “broken” market (“Australia set a new record high for wind energy output early on Tuesday morning, reaching 6,639MW at around 2.30am and bringing temporary relief from the absurdly high electricity prices, at least in the southern states of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.”)
- Russia hits back at the EU’s partial oil embargo, says it will find other importers for its crude (“The European Union on Monday agreed to ban most Russian oil imports by the end of the year as part of new measures designed to punish the Kremlin over its invasion of Ukraine.”)
- E.U. Deal on Oil Will Cost Russia Billions of Dollars a Year
- European Union Slashes Russian Oil Imports In Major Blow To Putin
- EU agrees to ban most Russian oil imports
- Europe’s Partial Russian Oil Ban Is Flawed, But Necessary (“The deal is overdue progress, and a much-needed signal of intent — even if it makes troubling concessions.”)
- War Crimes Meeting Held At Hague Over Russia-Ukraine War
- EU Leaders Back Push to Ban Most Russia Oil Over Putin’s War
- Ukraine suffers on battlefield while pleading for U.S. arms
- ‘I watched from afar Russia’s latest merciless assault on Severodonetsk’
- The folly of “off-ramps” — When Ukraine wins the war, Putin will build his own
- U.S. will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach Russia, says Biden
- Key eastern city ‘split in half’ as Russia attacks
- Ukraine troops hold out as Russia assaults Sievierodonetsk wasteland
- Russia Extends Control Over Key Ukraine City as U.S. Plans to Boost Kyiv’s Firepower (“Moscow has intensified its push to take Severodonetsk, as Western leaders take new measures to punish Russia and the Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with precision-guided rocket systems.”)
- Canada’s Trudeau announces bill to cap sales, transfers and imports of all handguns in the country (“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced the introduction of a bill that would place a national freeze on handgun ownership across Canada.”)
- Canada Moves To Freeze Handgun Sales, Buy Back Assault-Style Weapons
- UN nuclear watchdog reports scant progress in standoff with Iran
- China sends 30 warplanes into Taiwan air defence zone
- Shanghai Is Poised to Ease Restrictions as Infections Fall
- Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexico
- Joe Biden: My Plan for Fighting Inflation (“I won’t meddle with the Fed, but I will tackle high prices while guiding the economy’s transition to stable and steady growth.”)
- Biden to Meet Powell to Discuss Economy as Inflation Bites
- The increase in US births in 2021, explained (“Births went up by 1 percent last year, but don’t think of it as a baby boom”)
- The anti-abortion movement is about to win. Even it isn’t ready for what comes next.
- Bouquets and tiny caskets: Town starts to bury its dead
- Analysis: The Senate Is Chasing an Ever-Elusive Gun Law Deal
- Republicans blame mental health issues for gun violence. So where’s the money for care? (Republicans are not acting in good faith, obviously.)
- Biden points to assault weapons ban as a ‘rational’ option for gun control
- As nation wrestles with gun control, Uvalde begins laying school shooting victims to rest
- National trauma over Uvalde deepens as disturbing questions emerge about police response
- U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings
- Biden says gun control up to Congress: ‘I can’t dictate this stuff’
- Biden says ‘rational Republicans’ offer hope for gun legislation
- The Children Who Survived The Uvalde Shooting Now Need Money For Therapy
- NRA board re-elects CEO Wayne LaPierre, signaling no change in direction (Evil.)
- The NRA Is Shrinking. Its Politics Are Stronger Than Ever.
- Donald Trump has nothing left but spite (“As he wages war against Liz Cheney, his 2024 campaign promises to be his ugliest yet.”)
- Why Tiny Solar Projects Play an Outsized Role in Powering Puerto Rico (“Adoption of rooftop solar panels has surged on the Caribbean island as it contends with high energy costs and frequent outages. “)
- Born This Way? The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Political Identity (“The last decade has seen a precipitous rise in the share of Americans identifying as LGBT, particularly among the youngest adults. Today, among those under 30, a wide range of surveys converge on a number of around 20%.”)
- Did Joe Manchin block climate action to benefit his financial interests?
- Former Trump aide Navarro says he has received a grand jury subpoena related to Jan. 6
- As Jan. 6 subpoena deadline looms, Jordan, McCarthy mull options
- Supreme Court leak investigation heats up as clerks are asked for phone records in unprecedented move
- First she documented the alt-right. Now she’s coming for crypto.
- Misusing Words Like ‘Groomer’ Isn’t Just Wrong; It’s Dangerous
- EXCLUSIVE: Now the far right is coming for college too — with taxpayer-funded “classical education” (“Republicans are channeling tax dollars to right-wing institutes at colleges across the nation. What’s the endgame?”)
- New report: Virginia’s zoning laws have perpetuated racial segregation
- Concerns Expresses Over VA Budget Conference Report on Marijuana Laws, Earned Sentence Credits, Charter School Expansion, the Proposed Commanders Stadium, etc.
- Invasive fire ants continue their march across Virginia
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 85% Compared to 1/19, But Near 3-Month High; Hospitalizations Down to 551 From ~4,000 in January, But Also Increasing
- Full Disclosure Briefing: Washington Commanders try to score a new stadium
- Walk for Appalachia’s Future highlights environmental and economic justice
- Editorial: Three Years Later
- Alexandria City High School to operate on ‘modified return’ starting Tuesday
- Temporary memorial marks anniversary of 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting
- D.C.-area forecast: Surge of summer 90s before Thursday storms and late-week cooling
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