Green Lights Oct 31: Top stories
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. . . . Welcome back to Green Lights. Here’s our roundup of the best of Callaway Climate Insights. This week, David Callaway considers the repercussions — both good and bad — of U.S.-China trade negotiations. Mark Hulbert has a nightmare of a column about the horror behind all those cute Halloween costumes. Have a great weekend and please subscribe.
. . . . China’s agreement to pause its export controls on rare earths after Wednesday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping yields two major takeaways, David Callaway writes. The first is that a deal got done. The second is that we have to ask ourselves, at what cost?
. . . . What could be scarier than a zombie apocalypse on Halloween? How about the horror next week, when as many as 35 million polyester and nylon costumes will be tossed out and find their way to local dumps, where it will take decades for them to decompose, writes Mark Hulbert.
. . . . Bill Gates made headlines again this week with a controversial blog post advocating three truths about fighting climate change, the most important linking advances in human welfare — such as fighting malaria and malnutrition — to mitigating climate change.
. . . . The European Union has rejected a bill to simplify controversial sustainability reporting proposals by limiting them to only the region’s largest companies. David Callaway says the vote last week effectively puts an end to an extraordinary effort that started in 2021 for the EU to bring companies in line with climate reporting standards.
. . . . The 2025 Lancet Countdown on health and climate change says the health threats of climate change have reached concerning, unprecedented levels and delays in taking climate change action are resulting in millions of avoidable deaths every year.
More greenery chocolate . . . .
Changing the recipe: Candy companies are cutting cocoa to save money (The New York Times)
Water supply threat: Glaciers in Patagonia are melting at an alarming rate (DW)
Deadly race: Climate change threatens to make running marathons even harder (ABC News)
Hot water: Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely (Inside Climate News)
Ahead of COP30: EU countries split over 2040 climate goals (Reuters)