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Reuters
Tropical wetlands are releasing a methane bomb, threatening climate plans
The world’s warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows — an alarming sign that the world’s climate goals are slipping further out of reach. A massive surge in wetlands methane — unaccounted for by national emissions plans and undercounted in scientific models — could raise the pressure on governments to make deeper cuts from their fossil fuel and agriculture industries, according to researchers. Rising temperatures are like hitting the accelerator on that process, speeding up the biological interactions that produce methane.
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Reuters
G20 diplomats hit snags on climate, taxation and Ukraine, sources say
Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and addressing the Ukraine war as they negotiated a joint statement before their leaders’ summit. The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday comes as the United Nations COP29 climate talks enter their second week, with negotiators debating a new goal for how much money richer nations will cough up to confront climate change. U.N. officials and other delegates in Baku expressed hopes that a strong message from the G20 leaders could help provide political momentum for a COP29 deal on climate finance.
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CBC
Why the Eastside Culture Crawl matters so much to Vancouver artists
Eri Ishii is from the 901 Artists Cooperative, and has been involved with the city’s Eastside Culture Crawl for two decades. She spoke to the CBC about her love for oil painting ahead of the event this weekend, and how a group of artists fought to save their studio space after it was sold.
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Canadian Press Videos
Newsroom Ready: ‘Challenges are going to materialize’ under Trump: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s been advising other world leaders to look for “win-win” situations with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. He told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, that Trump tends to do what he says he will. (Nov. 16, 2024)
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Bloomberg
Argentina Orders Rioters Arrested Ahead of Milei’s Visit to Brazil
(Bloomberg) — An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of 61 people sought by Brazil for alleged involvement in the ransacking of its capital early last year, according to a local newspaper, just as the presidents of both countries head for a potentially awkward encounter at the G-20 summit.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceUnder Trump, Prepare for New US Transportation Prioriti
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The Daily Beast
Matt Gaetz ‘Pull Out’ Remark Derails MSNBC: ‘I Just Threw Up’
Stephanie Ruhle was saved by an ad break when a segment about Matt Gaetz’s attorney general nomination went off the rails in fits of laughter. President-elect Donald Trump announced Gaetz as his attorney general pick on Wednesday, despite an investigation into Gaetz’s alleged drug-use and sex scandal with an underaged girl. In light of the allegations, a comment about “pulling out” quickly derailed Friday’s 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle.
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CBC
Canada Post workers can’t survive on current wages: union official
Canada Post is negotiating in bad faith while its employees are struggling to survive, an official with the Toronto branch of the union said, after workers across the country went on strike Friday. Mark Lubinski, president of the Toronto Local Canadian Union of Postal Workers, said the rising cost of living has hit postal workers hard. “We’re unable to survive,” he said. “We’re fighting for ourselves, our families and for our communities.” He said workers have been at the table for over a year,
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CNN
Trump’s transition team caught off guard by Hegseth allegation
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was in the middle of announcing new Cabinet picks this week when they were informed of a sexual assault allegation about one of his previous selections, Pete Hegseth, stunning several members of Trump’s team who have since raised questions about the viability of his nomination, according to two people close to the situation.
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Futurism
Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch from the Technische Universität Berlin in Germany believes that humans may have unintentionally killed all life on Mars in the 1970s. NASA’s Viking 1 mission in 1975 saw two spacecraft land on the Red Planet’s surface and conduct an experiment involving mixing water and nutrients with collected soil samples. As Space.com reports, […]
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The Hill
Pence calls on Senate to reject RFK Jr. nomination over abortion views
Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging GOP senators to reject President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) because of his views on abortion. In a statement from his conservative nonprofit Advancing American Freedom on Friday, Pence said Kennedy’s nomination “is an abrupt…
Chinas smartphone makers head upmarket in European push
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