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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Conservatives are melting down about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend now
nydailynews.com - By David Matthews
Another day, another conservative freakout about Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. After catching heat for the clothes she wore and for dancing …
The Guardian
Methane
Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets
The Guardian - Robin McKie
It was assumed, in Paris, that dealing with methane levels in the atmosphere would be relatively easy. Professor Euan Nisbet Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold
Fox News
Donald Trump
Media freak out about fixing border emergency, downplay attempted coup
Fox News - Dan Gainor
The past week was all about emergencies and which one the media considered important enough to cover. Journalists paid far too little attention when CBS reported that the Deep State had attempted to overthrow
NBC News
Green New Deal
Move over, Oscasio-Cortez. The Green New Deal's got some competition.
NBC News - By Benjy Sarlin
With no shortage of ideas in Congress about how to address climate change, Democrats are likely to clash over where to go from here. WASHINGTON — The Green New Deal has always been a plan to make a plan.
Washington D.C.
Massive restoration of world’s forests would cancel out a decade of CO2 emissions, analysis suggests
independent.co.uk - Josh Gabbatiss
Replenishing the world’s forests on a grand scale would suck enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to cancel out a decade of human emissions, …
Axios
Energy
Democrats look to put Republicans on the record on climate change consensus
Axios - Ben Geman
Senate Democrats hope to put Republicans on the record on whether they support the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. Where it …
Conservative View
Don’t Interrupt the Democrats
townhall.com - Paul Jacob
Can we blame U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), really? Being ambitious and bold are not usually considered bad things. And her most ambitious, …
The Guardian
Great Britain
Virtual fences, robot workers, stacked crops: farming in 2040
The Guardian - Jamie Doward
It is 2040 and Britain’s green and pleasant countryside is populated by robots. We have vertical farms of leafy salads, fruit and vegetables, and livestock is protected by virtual fencing. Changing diets
USA TODAY
Green New Deal
Green New Deal: Republicans talk up climate change plan – but not because they like it
USA TODAY - Ledyard King
WASHINGTON – Republicans are talking a lot about the Green New Deal after its rollout on Capitol Hill earlier this month by liberal Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It's not because the GOP supports
The Washington Post
Green New Deal
Why `Green New Deal’ Has Washington in Such a Lather: QuickTake
The Washington Post - By Ari Natter | Bloomberg
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal created a sprawling range of public-works programs to address the Great Depression. Eighty years later, some present-day members of his party say a program no
Liberal View
McConnell plans to attack Dems' 2020 candidates over Green New Deal support. His alternative? Coal!!
dailykos.com - Meteor Blades
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans are hoping they can box Democratic presidential candidates in by forcing an early vote …
NBC News
Latino News
Ocasio-Cortez returns to her Bronx neighborhood for her inaugural address
NBC News - By Nicole Acevedo
Ocasio-Cortez launched into a formal address to establish the agenda driving her congressional work, an unusual move for a freshman member of Congress. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at a performing
Middle East
Leonid Bershidsky - In Germany, the Green New Deal Actually Works
aawsat.com
Despite a sustained effort to boost sustainable sources of energy, carbon emissions haven’t fallen in recent years because the country hasn’t been …
Environmentalism
Experts, environmentalists warn on Total's gas find
iol.co.za - KAREN PRETORIUS
Industry experts and environmentalists have warned that the euphoria around Total’s announcement of a gas find in the Outeniqua Basin, could be …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democrats are learning to copy Trump. Uh-oh. [Opinion]
houstonchronicle.com - By Megan McArdle
Sometime in the past few years, the left became obsessed with “gaslighting.” Derived from the 1944 movie “Gaslight” starring Ingrid Bergman and …
Axios
Morgan Stanley
Companies ought to prepare for the physical risks of climate change
Axios - Dion Rabouin
While governments and corporations are starting to protect themselves from the impacts of climate change, Morgan Stanley says private businesses need …
Liberal View
Spotlight on green news & views: Green New Deal; Gov. Gavin Newsom breaks some hearts
dailykos.com - Meteor Blades
This is the 588th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the February 6 edition. …
Green New Deal
The Green New Scam
dailynews.com - Susan Shelley
The co-author of the Green New Deal, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, is upset. “Don’t let Mitch McConnell fool you,” Markey said of the Kentucky …
CNN
Green New Deal
Using capitalism to sell shoes and save the earth
CNN
While Washington debates the green new deal, a co-founder of Allbirds is making super popular shoes out of sustainable materials and making big profits.
Country Living
Lifestyle (UK)
Etsy reveal the 7 biggest wedding trends for 2019
Country Living - By Lisa Walden
From sustainable decor to standout headpieces... Etsy have revealed its 7 top wedding trends for this year, based on what brides-to-be are currently …
Euronews
World News
Watch: Girl, 11, makes tearful climate plea: 'I love our planet and I don't want it to ever stop'
Euronews - euronews
This is the moment an emotional 11-year-old girl broke down in tears during a climate change rally. Iris was speaking at a protest in Truro, south-west England, on Friday when it all became too much for
News (China)
3D printed restroom in Hainan
cri.cn - chinaplus.cri.cn
Aerial photo taken on February 16, 2019, shows a 3D printed restroom at the Museum of the South China Sea in Qionghai, Hainan Province. The …
Green New Deal
America’s role model should be America
ocregister.com - Joel Kotkin
President Trump may take blind patriotism too far, but his often nativist stance seems likely to prevail against Democrats whose policy prescriptions …
Green New Deal
Is capitalism killing our planet, or is it our only hope? — The Real Story — Overcast
overcast.fm
This week was another bad one for the environment, with a major scientific review predicting a mass extinction of insects within a century if current …
Green New Deal
Changing face of animal rights activism in evidence Saturday at Boulder march
dailycamera.com - www.dailycamera.com
Veronica Llabres walked through Boulder's Central Park around one in the afternoon on Saturday, headed for Trader Joe's. There, the retiree from …
Conservative View
Fangirls? TV Reporters from CBS, CNN and NBC Help Kamala Harris Pick Out 'Amazing' Coat
newsbusters.org - www.newsbusters.org
Twitter continues to provide unmissable examples of media adoration of Democrats. Female reporters from CBS, CNN, and NBC gushily tweeted on Saturday …
Green New Deal
Mitch Landrieu wants an 'electable' Democrat presidential nominee; has he seen his party lately?
theadvocate.com - DAN FAGAN
Former New Orleans mayor and potential presidential candidate Mitch Landrieu found himself in friendly surroundings recently as a guest on the …
Green New Deal
The Green New Deal might be a little nutty, but climate change deniers are nuttier
dailynews.com - Larry Wilson
This Green New Deal? It’s green the way the Blarney Stone is — mossy, messy, contaminated from getting kissed too many times by too many people. You …
Oil and Gas Companies
U.S. Oil Companies' Radical Inaction on Climate
stitcher.com - www.stitcher.com
A recent report shows that, despite a lot of ads about "green" energy, U.S. oil companies have been expanding oil production at a time when …
Quartz
Climate
One in 10 companies going public say climate change is a risk to their business
Quartz
When Levi’s recently filed to go public, its registration documents dutifully listed all the potential risks to its business, such as shifting market demand and changing trade policies, as required by