Craig Ling
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Côte d’Ivoire wants the US to station spy planes in the country to help it fight jihadists who have gained territory across much of West Africa in recent months, according to Reuters. www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
🟡 Semafor Africa: Chapter or footnote | Semafor
In this edition: How the UAE and US are approaching Africa, PayPal plans a digital wallet launch, and new America First health deals.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Côte d’Ivoire wants the US to station spy planes in the country to help it fight jihadists who have gained territory across much of West Africa in recent months, according to Reuters. www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
Support the Inflation Reduction Act. CL
“Nobody in America wants to pay more for electricity and we saw in Georgia a meaningful chunk of conservative's vote against the Republican incumbents, which was staggering.”
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“Nobody in America wants to pay more for electricity and we saw in Georgia a meaningful chunk of conservative's vote against the Republican incumbents, which was staggering.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
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December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Support the Inflation Reduction Act. CL
“Nobody in America wants to pay more for electricity and we saw in Georgia a meaningful chunk of conservative's vote against the Republican incumbents, which was staggering.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Nobody in America wants to pay more for electricity and we saw in Georgia a meaningful chunk of conservative's vote against the Republican incumbents, which was staggering.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Outside of a #WorldCup event at the Kennedy Center: Bank of America continues to fund the methane gas buildout on the Gulf Coast, making huge profits at the expense of all of us, but especially Southwest Louisiana residents.
BofA must SAY NO to financing big methane export terminals like CP2
#NoLNG
BofA must SAY NO to financing big methane export terminals like CP2
#NoLNG
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Rainforests regulate water cycles, supply food & medicine, and stabilize our climate by absorbing carbon 🌳
But they can also be our undoing, if we keep chopping them down. With every tree that falls, carbon gets released, making a natural climate stabilizer a climate problem.
https://bit.ly/3MCsD7i
But they can also be our undoing, if we keep chopping them down. With every tree that falls, carbon gets released, making a natural climate stabilizer a climate problem.
https://bit.ly/3MCsD7i
Forests Can Be Assets or Liabilities. It's Up to Us
The world's forests are premium assets. They generate priceless benefits -- from capturing carbon and generating rain to supplying food, medicine, wood and countless other products.But neglected forests can quickly turn into liabilities.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Rainforests regulate water cycles, supply food & medicine, and stabilize our climate by absorbing carbon 🌳
But they can also be our undoing, if we keep chopping them down. With every tree that falls, carbon gets released, making a natural climate stabilizer a climate problem.
https://bit.ly/3MCsD7i
But they can also be our undoing, if we keep chopping them down. With every tree that falls, carbon gets released, making a natural climate stabilizer a climate problem.
https://bit.ly/3MCsD7i
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Take ACTION: Tell President Noboa to reject this unjust award and stand with the people of Ecuador, not Chevron
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
Tell President Noboa: Do Not Pay Chevron a Single Dime! | Amazon Watch
Tell President Noboa to stand with the people of Ecuador, not a corporation that poisoned them!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Take ACTION: Tell President Noboa to reject this unjust award and stand with the people of Ecuador, not Chevron
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
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BREAKING ❗The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org 💸🔥🌍 #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
BREAKING ❗The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org 💸🔥🌍 #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/c...
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Will the Self-Driving Cars of the Future Lower Emissions?
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December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/c...
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Investors owning $9.74bn of shares in Australia’s largest agribusiness bank have backed a resolution calling on NAB to disclose deforestation linked to its lending. @six-invest.bsky.social www.acf.org.au/news/nab-sha...
NAB shareholders owning $9.74bn in shares call on the bank to do…
Investors owning $9.74 billion of shares in Australia’s largest agribusiness bank have backed a resolution calling on NAB to disclose deforestation linked…
www.acf.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Investors owning $9.74bn of shares in Australia’s largest agribusiness bank have backed a resolution calling on NAB to disclose deforestation linked to its lending. @six-invest.bsky.social www.acf.org.au/news/nab-sha...
New gas is a climate disaster. New gas next to Lutruwita / Tasmania’s World heritage coastline is a double disaster. Email the PM today
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Speak out against Albanese’s mindless new gas frontier
New gas is a climate disaster. New gas next to Lutruwita / Tasmania’s World heritage coastline is a double disaster. Email the PM today
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December 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New gas is a climate disaster. New gas next to Lutruwita / Tasmania’s World heritage coastline is a double disaster. Email the PM today
wilderness.good.do/mindlessrele...
wilderness.good.do/mindlessrele...
More than one third of the nearly 550 polluting facilities nationwide have been granted two-year exemptions from air quality rules required by the Clean Air Act.
We need Congress to step in and enforce the existing Clean Air Act rules—without exception.
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We need Congress to step in and enforce the existing Clean Air Act rules—without exception.
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Urge Congress: Enforce the Existing Clean Air Act Rules—without Exception
Congress must ensure the Environmental Protection Agency complies with the Clean Air Act and implements science-based rules to protect health and to ensure our communities’ safety over polluters’ prof...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
More than one third of the nearly 550 polluting facilities nationwide have been granted two-year exemptions from air quality rules required by the Clean Air Act.
We need Congress to step in and enforce the existing Clean Air Act rules—without exception.
secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
We need Congress to step in and enforce the existing Clean Air Act rules—without exception.
secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
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News so good we can bear-ly stand it:
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
News so good we can bear-ly stand it:
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
A Hidden Hunger Crisis Is Destabilizing the World.
Up to 720 million people are chronically food insecure. Forty-three million children suffer from wasting, and 152 million from stunted growth.
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/hidden... via @ForeignAffairs
Up to 720 million people are chronically food insecure. Forty-three million children suffer from wasting, and 152 million from stunted growth.
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/hidden... via @ForeignAffairs
A Hidden Hunger Crisis Is Destabilizing the World
Food insecurity provokes violence—and weakens even wealthy states.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A Hidden Hunger Crisis Is Destabilizing the World.
Up to 720 million people are chronically food insecure. Forty-three million children suffer from wasting, and 152 million from stunted growth.
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/hidden... via @ForeignAffairs
Up to 720 million people are chronically food insecure. Forty-three million children suffer from wasting, and 152 million from stunted growth.
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/hidden... via @ForeignAffairs
African startups crossed the $3 billion mark for fundraising in 2025, the highest total since 2023, signalling a rebound in investor activity.
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🟡 Semafor Africa: Non-preferential treatment | Semafor
In this edition: South Africa faces exclusion from AGOA, a new infrastructure fund, and Africa’s disappearing hornbills.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
African startups crossed the $3 billion mark for fundraising in 2025, the highest total since 2023, signalling a rebound in investor activity.
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
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#PFAS chemicals — otherwise known as #ForeverChemicals — are some of the most persistent manmade chemicals on the planet.
They can build up in our bodies and contaminate water sources.
Tell the #EPA: Stop approving forever #pesticides that hurt people, wildlife, and the planet ➡️ bit.ly/4q1hxXW
They can build up in our bodies and contaminate water sources.
Tell the #EPA: Stop approving forever #pesticides that hurt people, wildlife, and the planet ➡️ bit.ly/4q1hxXW
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#PFAS chemicals — otherwise known as #ForeverChemicals — are some of the most persistent manmade chemicals on the planet.
They can build up in our bodies and contaminate water sources.
Tell the #EPA: Stop approving forever #pesticides that hurt people, wildlife, and the planet ➡️ bit.ly/4q1hxXW
They can build up in our bodies and contaminate water sources.
Tell the #EPA: Stop approving forever #pesticides that hurt people, wildlife, and the planet ➡️ bit.ly/4q1hxXW
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BREAKING: Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
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Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
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Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities | Amazon Watch
Brazil’s largest Indigenous organizations warn that the amendment dismantles the country’s constitutional framework for territorial protection.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
BREAKING: Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Saris ruled that the executive order was “arbitrary and capricious” on multiple grounds. e.g. The Department of the Interior had failed to provide a “reasoned explanation” for suddenly changing course from the decades-long practice of issuing wind permits.
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Judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking wind farm approvals
A coalition of 18 attorneys general prevail in their lawsuit, saying Trump's freeze will raise their states' energy costs and jeopardize climate goals.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Saris ruled that the executive order was “arbitrary and capricious” on multiple grounds. e.g. The Department of the Interior had failed to provide a “reasoned explanation” for suddenly changing course from the decades-long practice of issuing wind permits.
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Overseas pension funds managing hundreds of billions of dollars have thrown their support behind shareholder resolutions from environment groups pushing for changes at Westpac and NAB annual meetings this week. www.theage.com.au/business/ban...
Foreign pension giants sour on banks over green issues
Funds managing hundreds of billions of dollars are backing shareholder resolutions from environmental groups pushing for change at Westpac and NAB.
www.theage.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Overseas pension funds managing hundreds of billions of dollars have thrown their support behind shareholder resolutions from environment groups pushing for changes at Westpac and NAB annual meetings this week. www.theage.com.au/business/ban...
Though the 5.5 GW figure is an increase over the utility’s initial plan, released this January, it also represents a reduction from the 7 GW draft plan NYPA unveiled over the summer.
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New York’s public utility approves plan to build 5.5GW of renewables
The move nearly doubles NYPA’s initial renewables goal but still scales back from summer targets. The agency blames Trump’s tax-credit cuts and grid…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Though the 5.5 GW figure is an increase over the utility’s initial plan, released this January, it also represents a reduction from the 7 GW draft plan NYPA unveiled over the summer.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Sutton said that CBAM “has helped drive a conversation and elevated the salience of carbon pricing” in other countries, while also setting “a foundation for decarbonization of European industry.”
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Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know.
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is part of a broader effort to decarbonize heavy industries in Europe and globally. It takes full effect Jan.…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Sutton said that CBAM “has helped drive a conversation and elevated the salience of carbon pricing” in other countries, while also setting “a foundation for decarbonization of European industry.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Australia's social media ban marks the first time a nation has attempted to take on big tech — and the world is watching closely to see how it unfolds.
The EU is now considering similar bans and
Malaysia with its own ban for under-16s
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The EU is now considering similar bans and
Malaysia with its own ban for under-16s
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins
After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Australia's social media ban marks the first time a nation has attempted to take on big tech — and the world is watching closely to see how it unfolds.
The EU is now considering similar bans and
Malaysia with its own ban for under-16s
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The EU is now considering similar bans and
Malaysia with its own ban for under-16s
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The San Francisco-based company Sunrun has carved out a niche with an innovative business model. Instead of selling solar panels direct to consumers, it leases them, offering “energy as a subscription service,” and significantly lowering upfront costs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
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A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions
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December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The San Francisco-based company Sunrun has carved out a niche with an innovative business model. Instead of selling solar panels direct to consumers, it leases them, offering “energy as a subscription service,” and significantly lowering upfront costs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
The report makes a case for interconnected ‘whole-of-society’ and ‘whole-of-government’ approaches to transform economy and finance, materials and waste, energy, food and the environment.
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A sustainable future requires new thinking: UN environment report
Fresh approaches to facing complex environmental challenges are revealed in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) new global outlook released on Tuesday.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The report makes a case for interconnected ‘whole-of-society’ and ‘whole-of-government’ approaches to transform economy and finance, materials and waste, energy, food and the environment.
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We define gild the lily as “to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right.” We do not attribute this to Shakespeare. Gild the lily came about as a mistaken version of a line from King John, which was “to gild refined gold, to paint the lily.”
Political corruption. Vast inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We define gild the lily as “to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right.” We do not attribute this to Shakespeare. Gild the lily came about as a mistaken version of a line from King John, which was “to gild refined gold, to paint the lily.”
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💡 Want lower energy bills? Building UP may help cover energy audits, insulation, lighting and more, with up to $15,000 for building upgrades for eligible SWVA organizations.
To learn more and apply: https://www.solarfinancefund.org/swva-building-upgrade/
To learn more and apply: https://www.solarfinancefund.org/swva-building-upgrade/
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
💡 Want lower energy bills? Building UP may help cover energy audits, insulation, lighting and more, with up to $15,000 for building upgrades for eligible SWVA organizations.
To learn more and apply: https://www.solarfinancefund.org/swva-building-upgrade/
To learn more and apply: https://www.solarfinancefund.org/swva-building-upgrade/