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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Labor Day, September 4.
- Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations. (That’s a huge problem…and opportunity.)
- Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds (“Since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement banks have provided some $3.2tn to the fossil fuel industry to expand operations” Utter insanity and sociopathic greed.)
- Climate crisis poses greatest risk to people with respiratory illnesses, experts warn (“Call for EU to match WHO’s air pollution regulatory limits as impact of climate emergency interlinks with human health”)
- Money and Politics Put World’s Biggest Climate Deal at Risk
- The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing
- Ukraine Wants to Break Through Russian Defenses. That’s Only the First Step. (“Breaching Russian lines would be only the start. Flooding Ukrainian troops into a gap could prove even harder.”)
- Zelensky replaces Ukrainian defense minister, citing need for ‘new approaches’
- Who is Rustem Umerov, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nominee for defense minister of Ukraine?
- There’s a Battle Over Carbon Emerging from the War in Ukraine (“A new international effort is working to hold Russia accountable for the climate impact of its invasion.”)
- Zelenskiy Swaps Out Defense Minister in Wartime Cabinet Shakeup
- Romania condemns Russian attack on Ukrainian Danube port
- Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI
- What’s at stake when Turkey’s leader meets Putin in a bid to reestablish the Black Sea grain deal
- What being thrown out of Russia taught me about the Kremlin’s war on the media
- A retired U.S. general blames America for Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive
- Turkey’s president meets Russia’s Putin and aims to revive the wartime Ukraine grain export deal
- China’s economic woes may leave U.S. and others all but unscathed (“China’s downshifting economy is likely to clip just a few tenths of a percentage point off global growth, economists said.”)
- Electric Cars Power China’s Economic Hopes as Internet Titans Take a Back Seat
- U.S. Commerce Secretary says she ‘didn’t pull any punches’ during recent visit to China
- Xi’s Unexplained G-20 Snub Erodes Image as Global Statesman (“Xi’s absence would mark a major shift in how he operates.”)
- Germany is the ‘sick man of Europe’ — and it’s causing a shift to the right, top economist says
- Gabon coup leader Brice Nguema being sworn in as president
- Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (“Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada”)
- How will the US cope next summer when it could be even hotter?
- Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
- Labor Day Progress Report: A Shift Down to Cruising Speed for US Job Market
- Auto Strike Looms, Threatening to Shut Detroit’s Big 3 (“With their contract expiring Sept. 14, the United Auto Workers and the companies are far apart in talks. A walkout could take a big economic toll.”)
- Faced With Evolving Threats, U.S. Navy Struggles to Change (“Cheaper and more flexible vessels could be vital in a conflict with China, but the Navy is lashed to programs driven by tradition, politics and jobs.”)
- On sex crimes, military justice is becoming more just
- American conservatives are not more Catholic than the pope
- As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court
- Revealed: US pro-birth conference’s links to far-right eugenicists (“Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists” Horrifying.)
- What the Contradiction of Slavery Tells Us About Abortion Rights (“One of the ironies of the American slave system was that it depended for its survival on a federal structure that left it vulnerable and unstable.”)
- Gun owners: It’s time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture (“I’m a gun owner and a former MAGA Republican. I have a message for my former tribe: Is this really what you want?”)
- Congress poised for messy September as McCarthy races to avoid government shutdown (“GOP hardliners in the House are eager to play a game of chicken over the end-of-the-month deadline to fund federal agencies”)
- One year out, here’s what we know about how the presidential race will look on Labor Day 2024
- Biden’s Age, Economic Worries Endanger Re-Election in 2024, WSJ Poll Finds (They’re wildly wrong on the economy, which is doing great – the lowest “misery index,” which is inflation + unemployment, in decades. As for Biden’s age, as long as he is mentally sharp – which he certainly appears to be – then what’s the problem exactly?)
- GOP senator says McConnell is ‘perfectly capable’ following health scares
- Will Biden’s Low-Key Approach To Trump’s Indictments Pay Off? (“Top Democrats are split on whether the president should speak more forcefully about his chief rival’s legal woes.”)
- Senate Republican: ‘We don’t know’ if Trump could beat Biden in 2024
- “X” Didn’t Pay Severance. Now It’s Facing 2,200 Cases—and Big Fees
- Ramaswamy doubles down on voting for Trump if former president is convicted
- Ron DeSantis Super PAC Admits They’re Scared of Vivek Ramaswamy, Leaked Recording Reveals
- Chris Christie’s Darkness on the Edge of the GOP Primary
- Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
- President Biden: Bidenomics is working in Wisconsin. We’re investing in American workers.
- D-Day Arrives for Texas AG Ken Paxton. Is He Toast?
- Arizona GOP braces for volatile Lake-Masters match-up
- More than 70,000 Burning Man festival attendees remain stuck in Nevada desert after rain
- Sen. Tim Kaine says ‘powerful argument’ 14th Amendment could disqualify Trump
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Willingness of GOP Candidates to Vote for Donald Trump Shows “complete lack of a moral compass” (Sen. Kaine argues that if Dems sell the Biden administration’s tremendous accomplishments, “I think…Biden is going to get reelected)
- Opinion: Strengthening protections, raising pay serves American workers (by Rep. Bobby Scott)
- Labor market should be applauded, not lamented (“Discerning Virginians are now assessing their own cost-benefit analysis before they punch the clock again.”)
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis Looks at Proposed VA Budget Amendments to Be Voted on Later This Week (Bottom line: Senate Dems won some major victories, including deep-sixing Youngkin’s “expensive tax cuts that would have mostly benefited corporations and the wealthy”)
- Youngkin faces test with Virginia legislative races (This – “he is viewed as a future leader of the GOP” is such b.s.; is there any evidence that actual GOP *voters* see Youngkin “as a future leader of the GOP?” Also, note the passive voice construction? Lame.)
- Hampton Roads schools have a shortage of teachers. Now recruitment is getting creative.
- Upcoming forums to help sort out busy Montgomery County election season
- Surge in demand: Data center growth sparks need for new Henrico high-voltage line
- Arlington Co. to open housing voucher waitlist
- Fairfax County Public Schools Diversify Meals to Make Them Healthier and More Appealing
- Amazon plans to build data centers in Louisa
- D.C.-area forecast: Summer’s hottest stretch through midweek with highs near 100
