Trudeau’s Climate Plan Faces Backlash From Premiers: Here’s What We’re Reading Today
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Here’s what we’re reading today:
1. National carbon plan faces backlash from premiers
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s desire to strike a deal on a pan-Canadian climate plan is already at risk, as some of his provincial counterparts have objected to Ottawa’s insistence on a national price for carbon.
“Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall went into the day-long meeting of first ministers Friday with guns blazing at the federal government plan to impose a tax on greenhouse-gas emissions, while British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said elements of the deal need to be set aside.”
2. How Macedonian teens are making thousands publishing fake news
“Dimitri points to a picture on his Instagram showing a bar table decked with expensive champagne and sparklers. It’s from his 18th birthday just four months ago — a lavish party in his east European hometown that he says wouldn’t have been possible without President-elect Donald Trump.
“Dimitri — who asked NBC News not to use his real name — is one of dozens of teenagers in the Macedonian town of Veles who got rich during the U.S. presidential election producing fake news for millions on social media.”
– NBC News
3. Donald Trump’s transition team ‘is like Game of Thrones’
“As the least experienced, least ideological, and therefore perhaps most malleable president-elect in history prepares to take office, all eyes are on who is influencing his decisions. And so far, Donald Trump’s administration is shaping up to be like his campaign: full of clashing egos and agendas.
“According to interviews with seven transition officials and senior Republicans in recent days, the question of whether senior counselor and chief strategist Steve Bannon or chief of staff Reince Priebus — represented by Trump as “equal partners” in the White House — has more power is one that is being widely discussed in Trumpworld.”
+1: Trump eyes Goldman Sachs president for economic post – The New York Times
+1: Obama orders review of Russian election-related hacking – CNN
4. The pressure of social media is driving some extreme athletes to their deaths
“The pressure is on for extreme athletes to be constantly producing content, and it’s getting some of them killed.”
5. How ‘Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer’ became a holiday staple
“With more than 11 million copies sold, the kooky country Christmas classic that is “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” is a musical gift that keeps on giving—and that can evidently never be returned. It’s the fantastical tale of a tipsy old lady who’s trampled to death by Santa’s sleigh, and the story behind the song is nearly as good.”
