Climate change activists have long pushed for people to switch to plant-based diets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the overconsumption of meat. But there are doubts about COP’s ability to effect meaningful change in global meat consumption patterns and for such recommendations to actually be adopted by developed countries like the U.S. COP28’s major focus on food for the first time is “long overdue,” writes environment academic Tim Benton for Chatham House, given that food systems account for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. But it will be tricky to get countries to agree...…Climate change activists have long pushed for people to switch to plant-based diets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the overconsumption of meat. But there are doubts about COP’s ability to effect meaningful change in global meat consumption patterns and for such recommendations to actually be adopted by developed countries like the U.S. COP28’s major focus on food for the first time is “long overdue,” writes environment academic Tim Benton for Chatham House, given that food systems account for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. But it will be tricky to get countries to agree...WW…

Florida’s government had asked the Supreme Court to limit the scope of a lower court’s injunction on the law, which the court refused to do. Three of the court’s conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, said they would have allowed the law to be enforced. But Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett sided with all three of the court’s liberal justices, noting the case’s complex first amendment considerations in a brief statement. The law was one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ key social policies as part of the politicization of the culture war, and would have...…Florida’s government had asked the Supreme Court to limit the scope of a lower court’s injunction on the law, which the court refused to do. Three of the court’s conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, said they would have allowed the law to be enforced. But Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett sided with all three of the court’s liberal justices, noting the case’s complex first amendment considerations in a brief statement. The law was one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ key social policies as part of the politicization of the culture war, and would have...WW…

An appeals court on Monday ruled that only the federal government – and not private citizens and activist groups – can sue under a key part of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most significant blows to the landmark civil rights legislation. The ruling effectively cripples enforcement of the legislation in seven states where the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings apply — Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota — because the vast majority of cases to challenge voter legislation have been brought forward by groups like the ACLU. But the case is...…An appeals court on Monday ruled that only the federal government – and not private citizens and activist groups – can sue under a key part of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most significant blows to the landmark civil rights legislation. The ruling effectively cripples enforcement of the legislation in seven states where the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings apply — Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota — because the vast majority of cases to challenge voter legislation have been brought forward by groups like the ACLU. But the case is...WW…