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Monday, November 27, 2023

■ Today's Top News 


109 Aussie Kayaktivists Charged for Blocking World's Largest Coal Port

"World leaders attending COP28 this week should take note that the mass protest in New South Wales is not an isolated incident but part of a global pushback for change now," said one campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins
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Right-Wing New Zealand Government Scraps Smoking Ban to Fund Tax Cuts

"This is major loss for public health and a huge win for the tobacco industry—whose profits will be boosted at the expense of Kiwi lives," said one public health expert.

By Julia Conley
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US Among 18 Countries to Reach Deal on Keeping AI 'Secure by Design'

The agreement "is a step in the right direction for security," said one observer, "but that's not the only area where AI can cause harm."

By Julia Conley
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Top EU Official Slams Settlement Expansion Funds in Israeli Budget

"This is not self-defense and will not make Israel safer," wrote Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign affairs chief.

By Jake Johnson
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Biden-Approved Oil and Gas Projects Undermine IRA Emission Cuts

"Approving more fossil fuels not only torches our climate future, but it also harms people's health, degrades ecosystems, and threatens wildlife," said the lead author of a new report.

By Brett Wilkins
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'A Real Scandal': COP28 President Used Role to Pursue Fossil Fuel Deals

"This is exactly the kind of conflict of interest we feared when the CEO of an oil company was appointed to the role," said a Greenpeace campaigner.

By Jake Johnson
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■ Opinion


Let's Make a Green Energy Transition Without the Dirty Energy Mistakes

In the race to secure the supply for this urgent transition, we cannot afford to follow in the footsteps of the fossil fuel industry’s status quo where profits were put before communities and our air and water.

By Julia Poliscanova
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Team Biden Goes From Denial to Panic

The outlook is now grimmer than ever, but the big divide between Biden’s low popularity and public support for the Democratic Party overall was clear a year ago. What now?

By Norman Solomon,Jeff Cohen
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Is Gaza the Start of World War III or Simply the Peaking of U.S. Empire?

As important as declining U.S. economic and military power are to collapsing American influence in the world, declining U.S. diplomatic power is equally important.

By Robert Freeman
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