by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 17.
- Many corporations promote ‘net zero’ while lobbying for weaker climate action: Report
- New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28
- Rich countries hit $100bn climate finance goal two years late, data shows
- From China’s emissions to Australia’s offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction
- The only thing that blocks adoption of more sustainable plastics is our obsession with fossil fuels (“Poor financial incentives and unsustainable supply chains slow the transition to biodegradable plastics”)
- More powerful, resilient and versatile: The next generation of solar tech is emerging
- Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows
- ECB’s Lagarde: Increasing signs that the global economy is fragmenting into competing blocs
- Oil Collapses Into Bear Market as Robust Supply Pressures OPEC+ (“Rising US inventories spur selloff with WTI near $73 a barrel.”)
- Zelensky’s No. 2 visits DC as US warns Ukraine funds running dry
- Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva marks a month behind bars
- Russia’s Putin sees political, economic upside to Israel’s war with Hamas
- Israel finds second hostage body as UN says it cannot take aid into Gaza
- Aid supplies to Gaza halted again, UN says starvation imminent
- Israel enters third day of searching for Hamas in Gaza’s hospitals
- IDF ‘close to dismantling the military system’ in northern Gaza, chief of staff says
- Israel’s Generation Z Flung From Innocence Into War
- Rep. Becca Balint becomes the first Jewish member of Congress to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
- Protests and threats over Israel-Hamas war rattle Congress
- Aid agencies say they can’t send food and other supplies to Gaza because of communications blackout
- Opinion: Why Israel’s divide-and-rule approach towards Palestinians backfired so spectacularly
- IDF says it has found Hamas tunnel shaft at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
- EU foreign affairs chief tells Israel not to be ‘consumed by rage’ in response to Hamas attacks (“Josep Borrell says ‘one horror does not justify another’ and calls for unconditional release of hostages”)
- Democratic leaders under heightened pressure to back Israel cease-fire
- Failure at the fence: How Israel’s vaunted ‘Iron Wall’ crumbled
- The Left Comes for Biden on Israel (“As the Israel-Hamas war divides the Democrats, what does it mean that young activists are protesting the President, not Xi Jinping or Donald Trump?”)
- The World’s Go-To Hostage Negotiator (“Qatar is trying to help Hamas and Israel come to a deal.”)
- Xi’s Big Week Ends With Rare Wins on US Ties, Taiwan, Economy
- Biden to wrap up four-day diplomatic summit by meeting Mexican president
- For Biden, a Subtle Shift in the Power Balance With China’s Xi (“When President Biden met with Xi Jinping, it was the first time in years that a Chinese leader desperately needed a few things from the U.S.”)
- Argentina on a knife-edge as presidential election offers clashing visions of the future
- ‘The complete murder of our young’: India counts cost of another polluting Diwali on a generation of children (Switch to clean energy, ASAP!)
- Microgrids Can Bolster Creaky Electricity Systems, But Most States Do Little to Encourage Their Development
- “The only winners here are big utilities” – Solar industry reacts to CPUC virtual net metering changes
- Biden signs bill averting government shutdown for now, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled
- Don’t just be horrified. Ban AR-15s, bump stocks and large magazines. (The only way that will happen is if Americans elect Democrats, consistently, for years, so they can pass laws and also improve the makeup of the courts.)
- Exclusive: Department of Education opens seven school investigations over alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia
- A Nationwide Abortion Ban Will Be on the Ballot in 2024
- So much for “small government”: Budget fight reveals GOP main issue is culture war
- When It Comes to Disdain for Democracy, Trump Has Company
- Trump’s radical second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways (Very VERY dangerous.)
- Trump Crosses a Crucial Line (“But Americans can still choose a better path.”)
- Appeals court temporarily lifts Trump gag order in civil fraud case (As usual, there’s a MASSIVE double standard in FAVOR of Trump – constant leniency, letting him get away with crap that a “regular person” wouldn’t, etc, etc.)
- Donald Trump Posts Tirade Against Judge, Court Clerk Hours After Gag Order Paused
- The trifecta that could sink Trump’s favorite defense
- The election interference case against Trump is taking shape
- Donald Trump’s 2024 Trial Schedule Drifts Into Chaos
- Trump Secures Change in Key Hearing Dates From Judge Cannon Amid Conflict With New York Hush-Money Case
- Why GOP Is Scared to Stop Tommy Tuberville’s Tantrum Over Military Nominees
- Senate Republicans get ready to roll Tuberville on military holds (“A Senate Republican aide said that support within the GOP conference now appears to be shifting toward changing Senate procedure if the standoff with Tuberville threatens to drag into 2024.”)
- Wall Street megadonors warm to Nikki Haley as their anti-Donald Trump Republican (Haley is horrible.)
- George Santos’ surreal saga finally comes crashing down
- 11 of the most scathing allegations in the House ethics report about Rep. Santos
- Damning Ethics Report Solves the Big George Santos Question: Where the Money Came From
- Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking
- Ethics report finds Santos used campaign funds to pay for OnlyFans, Botox, Sephora
- Momentum builds to expel George Santos after House Ethics report
- Santos calls Ethics Committee report a ‘dirty biased act’ that ‘tramples over all of my rights’
- Santos ethics report finds ‘substantial evidence’ of criminal wrongdoing
- Another Day, Another Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory for Elon Musk and X (Musk is evil and also just completely f’ed up.)
- Special counsel investigating Joe Biden’s handling of classified material is not expected to bring charges (This whole thing is ridiculous.)
- Elon Musk lights his tiki torch (“The X owner has opened the floodgates to bigots because he agrees with them”)
- Elon Musk, TikTok and the social media ownership problem
- Fallout From Musk’s Endorsement of Antisemitic Post Spreads
- IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi Content
- As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content
- X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post (NOBODY should give Musk a penny. That includes the U.S. government, which should ditch his companies ASAP!)
- How Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ reached millions online
- Ohio 2024 Poll: Brown Tops Potential GOP Opponents in the U.S. Senate Race
- Sean Combs Is Accused by Cassie of Rape and Years of Abuse in Lawsui
- Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events celebrating Turkey
- David DePape found guilty in Paul Pelosi hammer attack case (Remember, Youngkin “joked” about this, as did Trump and other right wingers.)
- Why President Biden and the First Lady will be in Virginia Sunday
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Announce Western District of Virginia Judicial Recommendations
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Request Guidance on Federal Employees’ Right to Self-Expression During Middle East Conflict (“Letter follows recent concerns and fears voiced by Virginia’s federal workforce”)
- Del. Suhas Subramanyam Announces Campaign for Congress in VA10 (Says he’s “proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish on gun violence, the environment, and reproductive rights.”)
- Virginia Del. Suhas Subramanyam joins race to succeed Rep. Jennifer Wexton
- Newly elected John McGuire to challenge Bob Good
- The GOP’s winning abortion strategy got lost in its Virginia defeat (This article, by right winger Ramesh Ponnuru, is as ridiculous as you’d think it would be.)
- General Assembly 2024: confrontation or compromise on taxes?
- Virginia Coalition for Progressive Values Invests $15 Million & Knocks 1 Million Doors, Plays Critical Role in Flipping General Assembly (“Coalition’s efforts help win both chambers of the legislature, protect abortion access”)
- Pope & Schapiro: New leadership, new budget, new campaign
- Va. Board of Ed backs creation of state standards for career and technical education
- Virginia AG calls for ‘decisiveness and moral clarity’ at universities in response to antisemitism
- FOIA Friday: A ‘damning’ report on Richmond graduation shooting and Orange nondisclosures
- Dominion to test another long duration battery, microgrid capability at Va. State University
- The first Black speaker of the House of Delegates takes pride in his rural roots (“Tapped for the chamber’s top job earlier this week, Don Scott has forged an unlikely friendship with a Southwest legislator.”)
- Residents challenge Chesterfield County Senator’s residency
- Some Hanover voters questioning if Del. Fowler lives in district he represents
- Virginia AG threatens legal action on behalf of James Madison football
- Code red air quality alert forces school closures in Virginia counties due to Matts Creek wildfire
- After recount, write-in Liam Watson wins Blacksburg Town Council seat
- D.C.-area forecast: Still warm today, then a cooler and breezy weekend
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