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News: Archive for October, 2020

São Paulo State Records Highest Temperature in History | Folha de S.Paulo

Sunday, October 11th, 2020

‘The city of Lins (431 km from SP) recorded this Wednesday (7) the highest temperature in the history of the state of São Paulo: 43.5ºC. The measurement is from Inmet (National Institute of Meteorology).’

Source: São Paulo State Records Highest Temperature in History | Folha de S.Paulo

Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure | CNN

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

‘(CNN)In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic — and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office.’

Source: Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure | CNN

Trillions of extra economic damages predicted in new study of climate change effects | Phys.org

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

‘The extra damages—anywhere from $10 trillion to $50 trillion over the next 200 years when measured in today’s dollars, according to the study—show us that the cost of inaction is substantially higher than previously believed, he says.’

Source: Trillions of extra economic damages predicted in new study of climate change effects | Phys.org

A second Trump term would be ‘game over’ for the climate, says top scientist | The Nation

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

‘In the face of this urgency, Mann broadly supports implementing a Green New Deal. This he defines as a vast government effort that deploys both regulations – for example, no more coal plants – and market mechanisms like carbon pricing to transition away from fossil fuels as rapidly as possible. In the coming weeks, he adds, there is no more important way for US citizens to exercise agencythan to vote – vote for candidates who support such a transition, such as Joe Biden, and against Donald Trump and other Republicans who obstruct it.’

Source: A second Trump term would be ‘game over’ for the climate, says top scientist | The Nation

Trump’s Pick for the Supreme Court Could Deepen the Risk for Its Most Crucial Climate Change Ruling | Inside Climate News

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

‘…Environmental law scholars believe that with Barrett on the bench, there will be little remaining support on the nation’s highest court for upholding what is arguably its most important environmental ruling—Massachusetts v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.’

Source: Trump’s Pick for the Supreme Court Could Deepen the Risk for Its Most Crucial Climate Change Ruling | Inside Climate News

Americans are becoming climate migrants before our eyes | The Guardian

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

‘The message from the visceral scenes unfolding in the western US is clear: climate displacement isn’t something that happens only outside of our borders. It has already begun in the US, and we can no longer turn our backs on the more than 20 million climate migrants worldwide.’

Source: Americans are becoming climate migrants before our eyes | The Guardian