by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, August 31.
- The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.
- G20 Host Indonesia Urges Cooperation to Tackle Global Climate Issues
- G-20 nations have gathered to talk carbon emissions. The negotiations won’t be easy
- Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart to US Emissions Talks With China (“Diplomat points to global scale of the crisis and the difference the two countries can make by ‘working together.'”)
- Nuclear power is having a resurgence
- Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today
- Europe plan for floating gas terminals raises climate fears
- Pakistan floods: Map and satellite photos show extent of devastation
- How melting glaciers fueled Pakistan’s fatal floods
- Baltic Sea Countries Agree to Increase Offshore Wind Capacity Sevenfold by 2030
- Europe’s Gonna Party Like It’s 1979 (“Rationing and, maybe, occasional energy shortages will be inconvenient and deeply annoying; but Europe will cope if they last for months rather than years. It would be a different story if we were looking at a permanent regime of price controls, à la Venezuela, but that isn’t likely. Even if the war in Ukraine goes on, Europe will both develop more sophisticated systems of energy allocation and gradually wean itself off its dependence on Russian gas.”)
- Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind
- Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91
- How Gorbachev’s political legacy was destroyed by Putin (“Era of detente and arms control between Washington and Moscow has been replaced by a bloody war in Ukraine”)
- Gorbachev played a complicated but unique role in world history
- Why Gorbachev is remembered as a giant in the West and a pariah at home
- Statement of President Biden On the Passing of President Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91
- Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
- How Mikhail Gorbachev’s Successes and Failures Foretold the Tragedy of Modern Russia
- Ukraine’s Overstretched Psychiatric Hospitals Face Wave of Traumatized Soldiers
- Main Target of Russian Mercenaries in Africa Is Civilians, Report Says
- EU countries torn over Russian tourist visa ban move
- Fierce battles reported in Ukraine’s Kherson region
- Russia halts gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream 1 for maintenance works
- IAEA team heads for Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
- In Canada fears of ‘dangerous’ politics mounting (“Politicians call for better security after video shows Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland being harrassed”
- Taiwan vows counter-attack if China’s forces enter its territory
- New photos show Phantom Galaxy, around 32 million light-years away
- Nasa to try launching Artemis 1 mission again on Saturday
- Brutal heatwave headed for US west, raising health fears
- Powell Abandons Soft Landing Goal as He Seeks ‘Growth Recession’
- Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19
- If Republicans take the House, they’re going to impeach Joe Biden
- Biden’s victory lap on green jobs: The politics of the future?
- Here’s what Biden needs to say about democracy on Thursday (“Democracy is acutely imperiled. This is Biden’s chance to drive the point home.”)
- Joe Biden’s Big Month (“The President is getting things done and reaffirming that his historic role is to defeat Trump and Trumpism.”)
- As Biden Goes On Offense, Trump Goes Unhinged (“The former president has been frantically sharing weird and gross images on Truth Social.”)
- Biden Calls Out GOP Members Warning Of ‘Blood In The Street’ If Trump Is Prosecuted
- Biden calls out ‘MAGA Republicans’ as he talks police funding, crime prevention
- Republicans in key races scrap online references to Trump, abortion (Completely dishonest.)
- House Overview: GOP Control No Longer a Foregone Conclusion (BTW, Dave Wasserman is superb at calling/analyzing election results, but overall, the Cook Political Report is “meh” at best at FORECASTING election results months in advance.)
- Rising GOP anger at Trump shows a deeper problem for the party (“Amid new revelations, Republicans rightly fear that the former president is dragging the party down.”)
- Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?
- Trump wants to be treated like Hillary Clinton? By all means.
- READ: The Justice Department’s response to Trump’s request for a special master
- Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers
- Documents at Mar-a-Lago Were Moved and Hidden as U.S. Sought Them, Filing Suggests
- Trump Records May Have Been Moved to Obstruct Probe, DOJ Says
- The next scary matter for Trump’s lawyers: The crime-fraud exception
- Lindsey Graham’s warnings of ‘riots’ are a threat
- New political restrictions set for Justice Dept. appointees
- Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree
- Truth Social Android app not approved on Google Play Store
- Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
- Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four (In a sane world, Walker would literally get zero percent of the vote. He’s completely f’ed up.)
- Maria Bartiromo will be deposed in defamation case against Fox News
- Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case
- Libs of TikTok vows to continue targeting hospitals after Twitter suspension for hateful conduct
- Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles (Which helps explain why there’s so much clickbait and far-right trash in the WaPo editorial section.)
- Facebook considers eliminating its COVID-19 misinformation policies, even as dangerous content still spreads on the platform (Seriously, f*** F***book.)
- Fox’s disingenuous meltdown over Biden’s “semi-fascism” comment
- Blake Masters, Turbocharged Conservative (“The Republican Senate candidate’s incendiary rhetoric comes as the candidate seems to be distancing himself from past stances on abortion, immigration, and the legitimacy of the 2020 election.”)
- Dr. Oz Says Abortion Is ‘Murder’ at Any Stage of Pregnancy (This guy’s a DOCTOR?!?)
- Georgia judge to Republicans: You’re not getting out of testifying
- Democrats see opening to take down Rubio
- Jared Kushner’s Book Blitz Is Straight Out of the Donald Trump Playbook (“The budding memoirist is racking up Fox hits and even has a secret weapon helping hawk Breaking History: Hope Hicks.”)
- Homophobic Creep Threatens to Kill Eric Swalwell at His Office
- ‘No water to drink, fight fires or flush toilets’ (“The 180,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi “indefinitely” have no reliable running water.”)
- ‘Constant state of emergency’: Jackson’s latest crisis comes amid years of water struggles
- South Carolina House rejects total abortion ban before passing bill with exceptions
- Kelli Ward: Arizona GOP at risk if personal phone records released
- Video: 70 Days From Election Day, Rep. Bobby Scott, Sen. Tim Kaine, VA Sen. Louise Lucas, VA House Dem Leader Don Scott Speak in Portsmouth (Thanks to Black Virginia News for covering this event!)
- Three Yesli Vega Policies (Cutting Police Funding, Restricting Access to Reproductive Healthcare, Keeping Prescription Drug Costs High) that Belong in the Trash
- Sen. Kaine, Rep. Scott hear ideas on gun violence prevention in Portsmouth
- Chisholm: The Mountain Valley Pipeline is dead. time for Senator Warner to realize it.
- Youngkin stokes Virginia’s divisions with racially obtuse appointees
- Tuesday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 26,349; Hospitalizations at 830 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- Virginia delegate: Law on notification of school employee arrests may need to be updated
- Organizations Advocating for Virginia LGBTQ+ Youth: “The school board has let these families down again. It’s a sad day in Hanover County” (Former VA Sec. Ed. Atif Qarni adds: “What the Hanover School Board just passed is inhumane, discriminatory, and unlawful.”)
- Hanover School Board passes policy to give board final say over each transgender student’s access to bathroom
- Judge throws out obscenity case attempting to restrict sales of books in Virginia Beach (“The Constitution is the law the state has to obey”)
- Virginia Won’t Ban Books for Obscenity—for Now (“‘We have to keep working our way up the ladder,’ said the Republican stage legislator who brought the case.”)
- Judge in VA Beach Dismisses Lawsuit by Far-Right Del. Tim Anderson (R) That Aimed to “prevent minors from getting their hands on a pair of books without parental consent” (VA ACLU: “Just because someone disagrees with a book, doesn’t give them the license to ban it for others.”)
- Obscenity case seeking to bar Barnes & Noble from selling 2 books to minors dismissed by judge
- Judge dismisses defamation claims in former Portsmouth police chief’s lawsuit against Sen. Louise Lucas and others
- UVA report sheds light on utility-scale solar farm decommissioning
- Record-breaking passenger rail use could lead to more service expansion (“Virginia’s passenger rail service logged more than 110,000 passengers in July, a record-breaking month that was a 20% increase over the previous year and a 30% increase over the previous month.”)
- A new passenger rail corridor could connect Hampton Roads to Blacksburg and beyond
- How Henrico’s roads can keep cyclists safer
- Norfolk allowed the manager of its animal shelter to move to Florida and work remotely. Then she got a second job.
- D.C.-area forecast: Less humid with a nice breeze today, then trending a bit warmer again
