(2023-12-18). Biden's balancing act: Navigating offshore oil leasing amid climate concerns. nationofchange.org The impact of Biden's offshore oil policy on climate goals and energy dynamics.
(2023-12-18). "Tragically Historic": The Guardian's Nina Lakhani on the Failure of Yet Another U.N. Climate Summit. democracynow.org 
After some 200 countries at COP28 agreed to phase down fossil fuels, nations are facing pressure to block new oil and gas projects. A growing number of Democrats are calling on President Biden to stop massive new fossil fuel developments, and climate groups in the U.K. filed a lawsuit to block a massive new oilfield in the North Sea, saying it violates obligations to target net-zero carbon emissions. "Without means of implementation, these are just words," says The Guardian's senior climate reporter Nina Lakhani, who covered COP28. She says the COP28 deal continues a tragic history of powerful,…
(2023-12-18). COP28: Sà¥nia Guajajara, Brazil's First Indigenous Peoples Minister, on Climate & a Just Transition. democracynow.org When Democracy Now! was covering the COP28 U.N. climate summit in Dubai, we spoke to Sà¥nia Guajajara, the head of the largest Indigenous delegation in the history of the climate talks. | When Democracy Now! was covering the COP28 U.N. climate summit in Dubai, we spoke to Sà¥nia Guajajara, the head of the largest Indigenous delegation in the history of the climate talks.
(2023-12-18). Democracy Now! 2023-12-18 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for December 18, 2023; Al Jazeera's Marwan Bishara on IDF Killing AJ Journalist, the 3 Hostages & U.S. Support for Israel; "Tragically Historic": The Guardian's Nina Lakhani on the Failure of Yet Another U.N. Climate Summit | Headlines for December 18, 2023; Al Jazeera's Marwan Bishara on IDF Killing AJ Journalist, the 3 Hostages & U.S. Support for Israel; "Tragically Historic": The Guardian's Nina Lakhani on the Failure of Yet Another U.N. Climate Summit…
(2023-12-18). COP28 Agreement to Move Away From Fossil Fuels. counterpunch.org 
In what many see as a first-of-its-kind deal signaling the eventual end of the oil age, representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst impact of climate change. In a demonstration of global solidarity, negotiators joined together at the COP28 climate summit in
(2023-12-18). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Big Tech Is "Attention Fracking" Our Brains. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, David Sirota is joined by Princeton history professor
(2023-12-18). US Promotion of Banned Fukushima Seafood Contradicts Biden's Cancer Initiatives. truthout.org During their first summit of the year on November 16, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to end China's ban on imports of Japanese seafood imposed in response to Japan's discharging of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific, telling Jinping, "I want to work with you to create a brighter future for Japan-China ties for the sake… |