by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 25.
- The COP26 summit to fight climate change is about to start. Here’s what to expect (“A major climate meeting is about to get underway in Glasgow, Scotland. It’s a pivotal moment in the struggle against climate change. But it’s taking place in the midst of political tensions.”)
- Is there an “energy crisis”? Not really — fossil fuels are collapsing, and it’s high time (“Why are energy prices spiking? Mostly because we’re not making the transition to wind and solar fast enough” Exactly – speed up the clean energy transition BIG TIME!)
- Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations reached new high in 2020 (Horrendous.)
- Whole towns to be taken off the grid and powered by stand-alone renewables
- The World Is Bending the Climate Emissions Curve. Just Not Enough. (“Nations have started making progress on climate change. But the Earth is still on track for dangerous warming unless those efforts accelerate drastically.”)
- Germany portrays itself as a climate leader. But it’s still razing villages for coal mines. (That needs to stop, immediately.)
- Climate change: The environmental disasters we’ve almost fixed (Acid rain, the ozone hole, leaded gasoline…)
- The great experiment to put a price on nature (“Talks at the United Nations’ 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow this November, known as COP26, will address how to implement a global carbon market, enabling countries to trade carbon credits in order to meet their emissions targets. At the same time, private sector investors and companies are looking to carbon markets as a solution to regulatory measures that will enforce decarbonisation. “)
- COVID Vaccine Makers Prepare for a Variant Worse than Delta
- Ministers, party leaders detained in apparent coup in Sudan – sources
- Sudan’s civilian leaders arrested amid coup reports (See how that works? You attempt a coup, as Trump et al did in the US, and you *get arrested immediately*. Not a difficult concept.)
- Boris Johnson likes to tout ‘Global Britain.’ But he may be its biggest enemy.
- Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own
- Scientists in Africa Are Taking it Upon Themselves to Create a COVID Vaccine for the World’s Poor
- China Locks Down Thousands to Contain Growing Outbreak
- ‘Children are going to die’, U.N. agency warns as Afghanistan verges on collapse
- Russia marks another record number of daily COVID-19 cases
- Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath,” says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows —
- Finally, a promising piece of tech antitrust legislation in Congress
- Fauci says vaccines for kids between 5-11 likely available in November
- True conservatives should support filibuster reform (Are there any “true conservatives” left in Congress?)
- A week that could transform Joe Biden’s presidency (“Biden is tantalizingly close to securing one of the most significant legislative legacies of any modern President”)
- Pelosi says Congress is close to a deal on Biden’s social spending plan
- Biden Drives to Clinch Economic Bill Before Europe Trip
- AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan
- Pelosi Says Democrats Are “Pretty Much There” on Spending Bill Deal
- Tax on Billionaires’ Unrealized Gains Will Likely Be in Budget Package, Democrats Say
- Democrats ready to put a wrap on dragged-out talks
- The Drama Surrounding Independent Redistricting Commissions (“Nonpartisan commissions were supposed to take the politics out of redrawing legislative boundaries. But the process isn’t going as planned everywhere.”)
- Race-blind redistricting? Democrats incredulous at GOP maps
- The Rotten Core of the Republican Party
- A 19th-Century Law Dismantled The KKK. Now It Could Bring Down A New Generation Of Extremists.
- The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Leaf Blowers (“Gasoline-powered leaf blowers are invaders, the most maddening of all the maddening, environment-destroying tools of the American lawn-care industry. Nearly everything about how Americans “care” for their lawns is deadly. Pesticides prevent wildflower seeds from germinating and poison the insects that feed songbirds and other wildlife. Lawn mower blades, set too low, chop into bits the snakes and turtles and baby rabbits that can’t get away in time. Mulch, piled too deep, smothers ground-nesting bees, and often the very plants that mulch is supposed to protect, as well.” The American “lawn” is an unmitigated disaster. Get rid of it.)
- Juan Williams: Trump is killing American democracy
- EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff
- Trump pick’s messy personal life worries Senate Republicans desperate to hold on to Pennsylvania seat
- Frances Haugen to testify to MPs about Facebook and online harm
- Facebook’s Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making
- Scoop: Facebook exec warns of “more bad headlines”
- How Frances Haugen Became a Power Player in the Facebook Leaks
- Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering transgender four-star officer
- Trump Blasts Fox News For Supposedly Airing ‘Untruthful Anti-Trump Commercials’
- Fauci fires back at Rand Paul for slam on tonight’s “Axios on HBO”
- DeSantis eyes $5,000 bonus for unvaccinated police to relocate to Florida (100% insane.)
- “2k folks [including Dave Matthews, Stacey Abrams, and Jaime Harrison] hanging out with @TerryMcAuliffe on a beautiful day in Charlottesville”
- Opinion | Glenn Youngkin’s rally banished Trump, but he can’t clean the stench of Trumpism
- “BIG” Early Voting in Deep-Blue Northern Virginia Saturday; “Very clear that Democrats are voting big right now and Republicans not keeping up” (Sam Shirazi: “Yes we still need to wait for Election Day vote, but let’s not pretend early vote is irrelevant”)
- McAuliffe pushes jobs, ‘skilled work force’; Youngkin says Virginia can do better
- McAuliffe, Abrams warn Virginians that commonwealth could look like Texas, Georgia with Youngkin win
- Opinion/Commentary: Virginia has the ability to fix crumbling schools
- “The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults
- Virginia Kids Missing Critical Medical Checkups
- Virginia’s largest insurer wants investigation of Sentara for ‘anti-competitve harm’ (“The move comes after the health system threatened to cut off some Medicaid patients from its facilities”)
- In the Bijan Ghaisar case, the police get away with it
- Editorial: Indicted Roanoke council member Robert Jeffrey Jr. should resign
- Hate on trial in Virginia, four years after deadly extremist rally
- UTR rally organizers return to Charlottesville, but this time as defendants
