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<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: The US lags badly on emissions trading coverage<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nGermany and Austria now cover more than 75% of their emissions under trading systems. South Korea is above 50% and China has passed 40% with a national market that continues to expand. Even the wider EU average sits at 33%. These systems matter because they put a real price on pollution and create incentives for cleaner technology which is why so many countries treat them as the backbone of their climate strategy.<\/p>\n
The United States by contrast covers only 7% of its emissions. That is not due to a lack of innovation or economic capacity. It reflects decades of political division inconsistent federal action and a heavy reliance on state level policies. The result is a fragmented system that does not match the scale of the challenge or the ambition seen elsewhere.
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Anne Applebaum: Trump and Witkoff are Prolonging the War<\/a><\/h2>\n… the leak to Bloomberg of Steve Witkoff\u2019s phone conversation with Yuri Ushakov, Putin\u2019s foreign policy advisor, was so infuriating that I did write, again, about Trump\u2019s disastrous envoy and his disastrous negotiation, for the Atlantic<\/a>:<\/p>\nPay attention to the dates, because the timing matters. Steve Witkoff spoke with Yuri Ushakov, a Russian official, on October 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on October 17. Trump had been hinting that he would offer to sell Tomahawks, long-range cruise missiles, to the Ukrainian army. But he did not.<\/p>\n
Why not? Perhaps because Ushakov listened to Witkoff\u2019s advice and persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin to call Trump on October 16. Witkoff, in other words, may have helped block that sale. And that would make Witkoff responsible for prolonging the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know many believe they have an explanation, but actually we don\u2019t know why Witkoff always sees the war from the point of view of the Russians, or why he always seeks to persuade Trump of their point of view as well.
\n(Anne Applebaum more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Mail: Putin makes chilling nuclear threat and warns Russia is ready to fight ‘until the last Ukrainian dies’ – but says Trump’s proposal ‘will be the basis’ of a peace deal<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Seattle Times: Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID \u2018fake\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about here is racial profiling,\u201d said Seattle-based Indigenous rights attorney Gabriel Galanda, who does not represent Miles. \u201cPeople are getting pulled over or detained on the street because of the dark color of their skin.\u201d
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Kareem\u2019s Daily Quote<\/a><\/h2>\nI have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist<\/em>
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\nGermany and Austria now cover more than 75% of their emissions under trading systems. South Korea is above 50% and China has passed 40% with a national market that continues to expand. Even the wider EU average sits at 33%. These systems matter because they put a real price on pollution and create incentives for cleaner technology which is why so many countries treat them as the backbone of their climate strategy.<\/p>\n
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\n[Wikipedia: Carbon emission trading<\/a>]<\/p>\n
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Anne Applebaum: Trump and Witkoff are Prolonging the War<\/a><\/h2>\n
… the leak to Bloomberg of Steve Witkoff\u2019s phone conversation with Yuri Ushakov, Putin\u2019s foreign policy advisor, was so infuriating that I did write, again, about Trump\u2019s disastrous envoy and his disastrous negotiation, for the Atlantic<\/a>:<\/p>\n
Pay attention to the dates, because the timing matters. Steve Witkoff spoke with Yuri Ushakov, a Russian official, on October 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on October 17. Trump had been hinting that he would offer to sell Tomahawks, long-range cruise missiles, to the Ukrainian army. But he did not.<\/p>\n
Why not? Perhaps because Ushakov listened to Witkoff\u2019s advice and persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin to call Trump on October 16. Witkoff, in other words, may have helped block that sale. And that would make Witkoff responsible for prolonging the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know many believe they have an explanation, but actually we don\u2019t know why Witkoff always sees the war from the point of view of the Russians, or why he always seeks to persuade Trump of their point of view as well.
\n(Anne Applebaum more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Mail: Putin makes chilling nuclear threat and warns Russia is ready to fight ‘until the last Ukrainian dies’ – but says Trump’s proposal ‘will be the basis’ of a peace deal<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Seattle Times: Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID \u2018fake\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about here is racial profiling,\u201d said Seattle-based Indigenous rights attorney Gabriel Galanda, who does not represent Miles. \u201cPeople are getting pulled over or detained on the street because of the dark color of their skin.\u201d
\n(Seattle Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Kareem\u2019s Daily Quote<\/a><\/h2>\n
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist<\/em>
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