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The German government on Thursday lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit. Environmental groups have brought several cases to courts in Germany to force the government to take more action to fight climate change.

The White House will create a federal Climate Corps, a major wish list item for progressive Democrats and environmentalist groups, Biden administration officials confirmed on a call with reporters Tuesday. On the call, administration officials said the program will employ 20,000 people in its first year. These recruits, they said, will be “doing the important…

At carbis bay with a sumptuous barbeque of scallops, crab claws and lobster though there were some criticisms of this gathering with suggestions there was precious little social distancing and also that this was a group of more than 30 people with only the staff wearing masks. we can speak to our correspondent nomia iqbal. you were watching them. give us a little bit of an insight as to what the barbecue was like.— the barbecue was like. yes, it lasted a lot — the barbecue was like. yes, it ...

Minister, the uk prime ministers wife went to a theatre production. it must be a security issue. i want to let you know there is quite a flurry of activity going on above us. you wont be able to see. it has been the case of spot marine one. i think it is because president biden is about to leave. he is set to fly off to new key airport and then he will go to london heathrow because he will have tea with the queen at windsor castle. there has been a lot of criticism about the summit being held in...

Steps to push issues of interest and who voted for him and climate change as a part of that. i think this is a situation in which hes willing to do it. >> is this a handout to progressives? >> i think it is. i think the president who has been committed to climate change as an issue, to environmentalist groups, we saw that with him holding up the keystone pipeline, but at the end of the day the president cant do but so much with executive order and he needs partners in the congress and weve seen ...

Very early on weighing in on this race? >> well, this is the first time weve seen karl rove in massachusetts. and i dont know how it will play. its just early on. this is extraordinary that 11 months out from the election weve already spent -- seen $5 million worth of ads, most of them negative ads, up on the air. she, elizabeth warren has gone up with a million dollars of her own ad. one on one, shes looking into the camera, talking about her own history. but brown himself has had $3 million wo...

Million worth of attack ads on him from environmentalist groups. so roves now coming in with the second wave of ads of about $600,000 each. the first one actually did do some damage. her negative rating tripled from 9% to 27%. so while she went ahead in the head on head race, she -- it did do some damage. and i dont doubt that this will have some negative effect. people are still trying to figure out who elizabeth warren is. a lot of people do know her in massachusetts. and thats to her advantag...

Outside of massachusetts money very early on weighing in on this race? >> well, this is the first time weve seen karl rove in massachusetts. and i dont know how it will play. its just early on. this is extraordinary that 11 months out from the election weve already spent -- seen $5 million worth of ads, most of them negative ads, up on the air. she, elizabeth warren has gone up with a million dollars of her own ad. one on one, shes looking into the camera, talking about her own history. but brow...

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Thousands to come out. mainly liberals and progressives. they are here for four hours of speeches, music and poetry the main event is just getting underway now at the steps of the lincoln memorial. this is to compete with tea party rallies and the glenn beck rally a month ago. the focus is on job, justice and education. and to get liberals and progressives fired up for the mid term elections and encourage hem to vote. in the crowd today environmentalist groups, religious, civil rights, union, ga...