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Glad to join @RepBonamici, my Oceans Caucus counterpart in the House and @RepHuffman at the 2019 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. We haven’t all forgotten our responsibilities on climate in the U.S.
@RepBonamici @RepHuffman Thank goodness @SpeakerPelosi has come to Madrid for the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to provide a positive U.S. presence.
@RepBonamici @RepHuffman @SpeakerPelosi Empty chairs.
@RepBonamici @RepHuffman @SpeakerPelosi Women leadership of delegation.
@RepBonamici @RepHuffman @SpeakerPelosi Speaker Pelosi watching climate appeal by President of Spain.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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In considering Schumer’s letter, note that the House articles of impeachment are based on sworn testimony that was subject to adverse questioning, where the Trump denials include no testimony taken under oath or examination.
Oaths matter, and witnesses to the alleged Ukraine shakedown attempt should testify under oath. It’s not honest to argue the impeachment evidence is too weak and at the same time block relevant sworn evidence.
This needn’t be a big burden. In the Clinton impeachment, witness testimony was taken by deposition, and relevant parts were entered into the Senate record. Easily done.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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Republican faux outrage ignores that Nunes was not targeted by any subpoena — a somewhat important fact.

Nunes did call a subpoenaed target, so his records came up. That’s different.
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You can’t complain about being wrongfully wiretapped when you call the crook whose phone has been wiretapped.

You can’t complain about being wrongfully surveilled if you go to a warehouse being surveilled for drug trafficking.
No one targeted YOU; maybe you shouldn’t have been in the warehouse or on that guy’s phone.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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The Department of Justice Inspector General report shows there was a proper predicate for the FBI to investigate Russia’s malign influence on the 2016 election and contacts with the Trump campaign.
That puts to rest President Trump’s accusations of a deep state conspiracy, and no amount of spin from Attorney General Barr, the White House, or congressional Republicans can change that. Barr’s decision to question the report in the media says a lot about Attorney General Barr.
The Inspector General is a defender against political influence over law enforcement—a regrettable tendency under Attorney General Barr. I hope the Inspector General turns his attention to other allegations of politically motivated investigations by this administration.
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COP 25 - NIGERIA TO ENGAGE IN POLICY NEGOTIATION THAT WILL PROMOTE NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS
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As nations across the globe gathered for the 25th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Spain, Madrid with various expectations and agendas. #COP25 #COP25Madrid
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Alice Bell
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The UN climate talks have just started and I bet a load of people are thinking didn’t we just have those in New York a few months back, when Greta did that stare at Trump? So here’s a quick intro to WTF these talks are and how looooong they’ve been happening. (1/?)
They happen in a different country each year and have done since 1995. The first one was in Berlin. This one is formally hosted by Chile but got moved to Madrid at the last minute. Next year they are in Glasgow.
Autumnal UN climate summits like the one we had earlier this year are bonus extras to help build momentum. These formal ones are called the Conference of the Parties (or COP) the “parties” being sigs to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (or the UNFCCC).
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Robin Monotti Graziadei
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Thanks Michael, let's take a look at this, what is the problem with the UN's "Sustainable Development" Goals?
First of all, much like the UN's Security Council structure, the "Sustainable Development" Goals are a way of maintaining the violent rule of the Global North over the Global South:
UN SD Goals 1-6 seem acceptable in principle. The problems really begin with the assumptions of SDG 7: Affordable & "Clean" Energy. Problem: there is no such thing as "Clean" Energy. It's about reducing energy use in the Global North not exporting corporate energy to the GS.
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Robert Rohde
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Since humans began to directly measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we've set a new record high nearly every May.
The industrial revolution has caused a massive amount of carbon dioxide to be added to the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased more in the last 15 years than they did in over 9000 years prior to the introduction of fossil fuels.
In 1992, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change set out the goal to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere ... [and] prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".

And yet, we are now only ~5 ppm below the 1992 projections.
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President @MBuhari arrived Katowice, Poland, yesterday, to attend the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (#COP24) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (#UNFCCC), from December 2-4, 2018. #PMBinPoland
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According to the organisers, the conference is expected to finalize the rules for implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) – the rule book for implementation. #PMBinPoland
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Patrick Galey
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Just returned from Bangkok, where nations made little progress towards finalising the Paris agreement on climate change that aims to limit global temperature rises over the next 80 years.

It was my first @UN #climate change rodeo and there were a few things I wasn't aware of
Under Paris, countries agreed to a fairly detailed set of promises to keep global temperature rises under 2C by 2100.

It was the first time all nations - both developed and developing economies - signed up to the same set of climate rules. But they weren't binding
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