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   Letter from economists: to rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy   
   Jeffrey Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, Mariana Mazzucato and others, The Guardian   
   A letter signed by more than 100 economists published in the Guardian   
   outlines how the "carbon economy" amplifies racial, social and   
   economic inequities, and lays out a strategy for improving this   
   situation. "From deep-rooted racism to the Covid-19 pandemic, from   
   extreme inequality to ecological collapse, our world is facing dire   
   and deeply interconnected emergencies. But as much as the present   
   moment painfully underscores the weaknesses of our economic system, it   
   also gives us the rare opportunity to reimagine it. As we seek to   
   rebuild our world, we can and must end the carbon economy," they   
   write. The full list of signatories can be viewed here.   
   Meanwhile, a piece in the New York Times outlines how a hurricane on   
   the east coast of the US and a wildfire in California, in combination   
   with Covid-19, "expose the hard reality of climate change". It adds:   
   "Experts argue that the country must fundamentally rethink how it   
   prepares for similar disasters as the effects of global warming accelerate."   
      
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   Johnson & Johnson reaches deal with US for 100 mn doses of   
   coronavirus vaccine at more than $1 bn   
   CNBC, 05 Aug 2020 14:23Z   
   Johnson & Johnson announced Wed that it will develop and deliver 100   
   mn doses of its coronavirus vaccine for the US in a deal totaling   
   more than ...   
      
     We thought the days of panic buying were over - but now a different kind of   
     stockpiling is emerging   
     Telegraph.co.uk, 03 Aug 2020   
     As wealthy nations sweep global R&D shelves, the UK must take global lead to   
     save fair global access for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.   
      
   India's PM, Narendra Modi, Founds Temple on Ayodhya Mosque's Ruins   
   The New York Times, 04 Aug 2020   
   New Delhi. In a moment of triumph that India's Hindu nationalists had worked   
   toward for years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wed set the ...   
      
   [Normal!]   
   Hurricane Isaias brings tornadoes, fires, flooding, widespread power outages   
   to East Coast   
   CBS News, 04 Aug 2020   
   It lost some punch after coming ashore as a hurricane but was hitting hard   
   in North Carolina and Virginia. It's expected to hug the coastline as it   
   moves north.   
      
   Trump mispronounces `Yosemite' twice at White House event   
   The Mercury News, 04 Aug 2020   
   The event was supposed to be a historic signing ceremony for a conservation   
   bill to provide bns of dollars to national parks - a rare bipartisan   
   effort that ...   
   [Sommon misspelled vegimite agin![   
      
   [The Fix!]   
   Trump backtracks on mail-in voting, says it's OK to do in Florida   
   POLITICO, 04 Aug 2020   
   President Donald Trump on Tue reversed his opposition to mail-in voting   
   and encouraged it - at least in one crucial battleground state - after   
   railing ...   
      
   [Trump 2020!]   
   He Predicted Trump's Win in 2016. Now He's Ready to Call 2020.   
   The New York Times/Opinion, 04 Aug 2020   
   Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully   
   predicted the future.   
      
   [Gateway To Hell!]   
   Siberia's 'Gateway to the Underworld' Expands Amid Record-Smashing Heat Wave   
   The Moscow Times, 04 Aug 2020   
   Record-setting summer temperatures across Siberia are opening up the   
   Batagaika megaslump, which locals call the "gateway to the   
   underworld," at an ...   
      
   Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry delayed due to coronavirus restrictions   
   ABC News, 5 Aug 2929 at 2:47pm   
   The inquiry into what went wrong in Victoria's hotel quarantine program will   
   hold its hearings entirely online, with former judge and inquiry head   
   Jennifer Coate saying she is not willing to risk staff being exposed to   
   coronavirus.   
      
   [Don't Worry!]   
   'We aren't prepared to lose any more': Plan to raise dam wall under fire   
   ABC News, 5 Aug 2020 at 4:15pm   
   Opponents of plans to further raise the Warragamba Dam wall to 17 metres   
   raise concerns about increased flooding upstream damaging significant   
   Indigenous sites and bushland.   
      
   'Tight' summer to come for Murray River water, but it's still better than   
   last year   
   ABC Goulburn Murray, 5 Aug 2020 at 4:39pm   
   Despite having more water in storages and wetter catchments, tough decisions   
   are still likely for the managers of Australia's largest river system.   
      
   [Don't Worry!]   
   Beirut blast raises fresh concern about Newcastle's much larger ammonium   
   nitrate stockpile   
   ABC Newcastle, 5 Aug 2020 at 7:51pm   
   Orica's ammonium nitrate plant stores up to 4 times the amount that was   
   in the Beirut explosion, but the company says it's safe and highly regulated.   
      
   Victoria's hospitals could hit capacity within weeks, emergency doctor warns   
   ABC/7.30 5 Aug 2020 at 7:31pm   
   A health system already under stress could reach capacity within weeks as   
   coronavirus cases grow and more aged care residents find their way into   
   Victoria's hospitals, according to one emergency doctor.   
      
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