Demand for Combustion Engine Cars May Have Peaked in 2018

Encouraging news, if true:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/combustion-engine-cars-peaked-2018

If you want to spot a narcissist, look at the eyebrows

Just sayin'...

https://bigthink.com/matt-davis/if-you-want-to-spot-a-narcissist-look-at-the-eyebrows

Latino support for GOP steady despite Trump immigration talk

This is both amazing and disheartening to me:

https://www.apnews.com/d7b5b923883141d99a5c0da768a5e59a

Fact checking fibbing politicians works, study finds

Great to hear this works...but it may not in the US:

https://www.geo.tv/latest/222692-fact-checking-fibbing-politicians-works-study-finds

The Tucker Carlson Boycott Isn’t Censorship. It’s Fighting Speech With Speech.

Good point:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-tucker-carlson-boycott-censorship_us_5c1c1a65e4b05c88b6f68c5c

While Paris and Washington Battled Over Climate Measures, Costa Rica Went 300 Days on Renewable Energy Alone

This is encouraging, although they're a small country and evidently have abundant alternative energy resources:

https://www.newsweek.com/while-paris-and-washington-rejected-climate-measures-costa-rica-went-300-days-1251147

CBO Dismisses Costs Of Global Warming, Posing Hurdle For Climate Legislation

On what basis is the CBO making such a contradictory claim?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congressional-budget-office-climate-change_us_5c1a735de4b01059bfc62b8c

Green New Deal Has Overwhelming Bipartisan Support, Poll Finds. At Least, For Now.

This should be a winning platform...and it's critical!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/green-new-deal-poll_us_5c169f2ae4b05d7e5d8332a5

Creator Of Floating Garbage Collector Struggling To Capture Plastic In Pacific

Well this is disappointing:

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677663325/creator-of-floating-garbage-collector-struggling-to-capture-plastic-in-pacific

17 holes, rats everywhere

A summary of 17 known investigations into Trump. 17!

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-b7b32462-96fe-4743-a9a1-806c1356f73b.html

COP24 Climate change deal to bring pact to life

Very interesting interactive chart. Notice that from 1880 until 1940, temperatures were almost entirely below the average for the entire 20th century:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46582025

Mountain of Evidence Confirms: Climate Change Is Really, Really Bad for Human Health and Well-Being

A good summary of the bad effects:

https://www.livescience.com/64300-climate-change-endangers-human-health.html

Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor

What a dick move. The courts had better rule against this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/us/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker.html

Once Again, House Republicans Are Trying to Repeal the Johnson Amendment

How I despise the religious right:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/12/once-again-house-republicans-are-trying-to-repeal-the-johnson-amendment/

Green New Deal Gains Key Support At Home As Trump Undercuts UN Climate Talks Abroad

At least the non-Trumpian parts of America are providing some good ideas:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/green-new-deal-democratic-support_us_5c117be8e4b0449012f65edf

NIH says cancer study also hit by fetal tissue ban

Yet another Trump fuck you to evidence-based policy:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/trump-administration-has-quietly-barred-nih-scientists-acquiring-fetal-tissue

Trump EPA Proposes Major Rollback Of Federal Water Protections

More Trumpfuckery:

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675477583/trump-epa-proposes-big-changes-to-federal-water-protections

Following Trump lead, Republicans avoid "climate change"

This is reason enough to kick out Republican lawmakers, since they avoid even talking about climate change:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-aca76f69-2982-4b0e-a36c-512c21841dc2.html

Trump's "reality tremor"

Cracks are forming in Trump's support base:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-aca76f69-2982-4b0e-a36c-512c21841dc2.html

America's BIG problem

Liberals will get richer and stronger with more advantages, while conservatives will have fewer opportunities:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-3430f387-eb2f-4406-ae57-93965ade736b.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

How the U.S. Became the Top Climate Leader — Despite Trump’s Denialism

I did not expect this...but it's actually somewhat depressing because it means we're the best among a sorry bunch:

http://time.com/5473013/cop24-climate-change-europe-eu-trump/

Why We Don't Need a Moonshot to Solve Climate Change

The painful global politics of responding to the looming climate change disaster:

http://time.com/5473167/climate-change-katowice-poland-conference/

Family Separation

A good John Oliver take on the immigration issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVX1z6tDGI&feature=youtu.be

Republicans Around The Country Are Working To Declare Democrats Unconstitutional

This is how democracy dies:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wisconsin-michigan-north-carolina-lame-duc_us_5c0b4c42e4b0ab8cf693737b

Don't Expect Mueller to Charge a Grand Conspiracy

Perhaps a more realistic assessment of how things will likely roll out:

http://time.com/5472317/mueller-investigation-results/

EPA Moves To Roll Back Coal Plant Rule In A Stunning Rebuke Of Global Climate Talks

And this is another step...backwards. Deliberately ignoring scientific warnings is tantamount to treason:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-coal_us_5c096995e4b0b6cdaf5d16ba

California Now Requires Solar Panels on All New Homes

I think this is a good step:

https://futurism.com/california-first-state-require-solar-panels-new-homes

Scary Map Shows Where Animal Poop Is Turning into Deadly Ammonia Pollution

Another huge reason to eliminate the existing meat industry and move to lab-grown meat or meatless meat:

https://www.livescience.com/64244-scary-map-shows-where-animal-poop-is-turning-into-deadly-ammonia-pollution.html

Greenland's ice sheet melt has 'gone into overdrive' and is now 'off the charts'

If the Greenland ice sheet completely melts, that'll raise sea levels by 20'. How many coastal communities can handle that?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/12/05/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-unprecedented-rate-off-charts/2216223002/

Global Carbon Emissions Reached New High In 2018, Scientists Say

Despite all the warnings, we continue to barrel toward disaster:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/global-carbon-emissions-record-high_us_5c081770e4b0bf813ef38742

Sir David Attenborough Predicts the ‘Collapse of Civilization’ at UN Climate Summit

It IS a risk we should be working our asses off to prevent:

https://www.livescience.com/64219-david-attenborough-warns-climate-change.html

Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO

Yet another reason to move away from fossil fuels ASAP:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/05/save-millions-of-lives-by-tackling-climate-change-says-world-health-organization

Trump Emoluments Case: A Blast Of Subpoenas And A Politically Risky Schedule

This doesn't include Trump's personal tax returns, unfortunately, but it does include all the tax documents of the Trump Organization...and it could hit when Trump starts gearing up for re-election:

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673464251/trump-emoluments-case-a-blast-of-subpoenas-and-a-politically-risky-schedule

How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller

Karma?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/michael-cohen-lying-to-congress-plea-deal-devin-nunes.html

House Democrats unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal

This sounds like a good plan to put the Republican Senate on the defensive:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/30/18118158/house-democrats-anti-corruption-bill-hr-1-pelosi