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   NASA has updated its GISTEMP data series to the end of Sept 2020.   
      
   It finds global avg temps for the month were +1.0C above the avg temps   
   of the 1950-80 baseline making is the warmest Sept in 141 years of   
   reliable global temp data.   
      
   In the N Hem things were even warmer at +1.21 above the baseline for   
   the hemisphere. But, amazingly, that only scored 3rd place in the   
   series after 2016 (El Nino year) and 2019.   
      
   The S Hem was a bit cooler at only .79C above the C20, ranking #3/141.   
      
   The YTD average for each region is starting to cement 2020 into the #2   
   position for top10 warmest years known reliably.  For the globe the   
   avg JAN-SEPT surf temp was 1.05C above the C20, the NH is +1.36C above   
   the baseline, and the SH has averaged .74C -- all ranking #2/141 for   
   each region.   
      
   The various top 10 lists are now:   
      
   Septs:   
      
   Globe:   
      
   Year	Anom (1/100th C)   
   2020	100   
   2019	93   
   2016	91   
   2014	88   
   2015	86   
   2018	81   
   2013	78   
   2017	78   
   2009	73   
   2012	72   
      
   N Hem   
   2016	123   
   2019	122   
   2020	121   
   2015	117   
   2017	101   
   2018	97   
   2005	90   
   2012	86   
   2009	85   
   2014	84   
      
   S Hem   
   2014	92   
   2013	85   
   2020	79   
   2008	65   
   2018	65   
   2019	65   
   2002	63   
   2009	62   
   2016	61   
   2012	59   
      
   JAN-SEPT YTD avgs:   
      
   Globe:   
   Year	Avg anom (1/100th C)   
   2016	106.2   
   2020	105.0   
   2019	96.8   
   2017	93.4   
   2018	83.2   
   2015	83.1   
   2014	74.8   
   2010	74.8   
   2007	70.6   
   2005	66.8   
      
   N Hem:   
   2016	138.8   
   2020	136.1   
   2019	118.6   
   2017	116.6   
   2015	110.3   
   2018	102.1   
   2010	91.3   
   2014	91.2   
   2007	86.7   
   2005	82.7   
      
   S Hem:   
   2019	74.7   
   2020	74.0   
   2016	73.9   
   2017	70.0   
   2018	64.2   
   2010	58.7   
   2014	58.4   
   2009	57.7   
   1998	57.6   
   2015	56.9   
      
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   Funds dry up for flood levee protecting 1,500 properties that's been on the   
   table for nearly 30 years   
   ABC Capricornia, 14 Oct 2020 01:22Z   
   Thought to have its funding secured in 2018, the South Rockhampton Flood   
   Levee -- designed to protect 1,500 properties -- could be stalled by   
   redirecting its funds.   
      
   Coronavirus pandemic the final blow in decision to close Adelaide's 'iconic'   
   West End brewery   
   ABC News, 13 Oct 2020 at 11:53pm   
   Lion blames falling beer sales caused by consumers choosing other drinks,   
   like wine, and the coronavirus pandemic hitting draught beer sales for its   
   decision to close Adelaide's West End brewery.   
      
   BREAKING (14 Oct): Victoria has recorded 7 new virus infections and 5   
   deaths from the disease in the past 24 hrs.  Elsewhere, NSW has   
   detected 30 new cases.   
      
   Aged care regulator spends $29k on legal advice for COVID-19 Freedom of   
   Information request   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 08:16Z   
   The agency responsible for regulating the aged care sector spent nearly   
   $30,000 hiring a top-tier law firm to respond to a Freedom of Information   
   request from ABC News.   
      
   Berejiklian met with secret partner Maguire over roads project that received   
   funding against minister's advice   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 02:36Z   
   Disgraced former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire organised a 2016 meeting with   
   then-treasurer Gladys Berejiklian -- who was his secret partner at the time --   
   about a major local transport project that received funding despite   
   opposition from the roads minister.   
      
   Campaigners confront IMF chief over green recovery contradictions   
   Chloé Farand, Climate Home News   
   Climate Home News reports that campaigners are calling on the   
   International Monetary Fund (IMF) to "walk the talk" on supporting a   
   green recovery to Covid-19. The piece notes that the IMF has made a   
   quarter of its total lending, $250bn, available to support nations,   
   but, in advice it offers alongside the financial support, "it   
   implicitly backs fossil fuel subsidies that risk putting countries on   
   a polluting pathway". The story comes after the IMF described existing   
   policies to reduce emissions as "grossly insufficient to date",   
   according to the Guardian. The newspaper notes that the international   
   body has called for a combination of carbon pricing and an "initial   
   green stimulus" to help recover from the pandemic.   
      
   Record-setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the   
   western US   
   Global Change Biology   
   Record-setting temperatures set the stage for this year's   
   unprecedented fire season in the western US, scientists write in a   
   letter. The authors say: "The 2020 fire season in the western United   
   States (the West) has been staggering: over 2.5 mn hectares have   
   burned as of 31 Sept, including over 1.5m ha in California (3.7%   
   of the state), in part from 5 of the 6 largest fires in state   
   history; over 760,000 ha have burned in Oregon and Washington, most   
   occurring within a few-day period."   
      
   Projections of mountain snowpack loss for wolverine denning elevations   
   in the Rocky Mountains   
   Earth's Future   
   Wolverines in the Rocky Mountains could be threatened by declining   
   snow cover in future decades, a study says. The study uses   
   high-resolution projections of snowpack change under several future   
   warming scenarios to assess how it could affect wolverine denning   
   sites. The research shows that many low-elevation denning sites could   
   see large reductions in snowpack under any degree of future warming.   
      
   The world's largest tropical wetland has become an inferno   
   Catrin Einhorn, Maria Magdalena Arréllaga, Blacki Migliozzi and Scott   
   Reinhard, The New York Times   
      
   The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist?   
   Gloria Dickie, The Guardian   
      
   'Nowhere scares me more than the Sahel' warns UN humanitarian chief   
   Henry Samuel, The Daily Telegraph   
      
   EU eying carbon border fees plan for steel, cement and power: senior official   
   Kate Abnett, Reuters   
      
   Ex-WTO judge: EU could be open to legal challenge over carbon levy   
   Paola Tamma, Politico   
      
   New climate maps show a transformed United States   
   Al Shaw, Abrahm Lustgarten and Jeremy W. Goldsmith, ProPublica   
      
   Investors lead push for Australian business to cut emissions more than   
   govt forecasts   
   Adam Morton, The Guardian   
      
   Green hydrogen, electric trucks 'ripe for investment' by EU recovery fund   
   Nina Chestney, Reuters   
      
   Leaked EU-Mercosur trade deal lacks teeth on climate, activists say   
   Frédéric Simon, EurActiv   
      
   Queensland transition to renewables would generate almost 10,000 jobs,   
   analysis shows   
   Graham Readfearn, The Guardian   
      
   Cornish Lithium fundraising hits more than twice its target   
   Emily Gosden, The Times   
      
   Government's eco grants plan descends onto chaos and confusion   
   Amelia Murray, The Daily Mail   
      
   SSE dumps waste plants to focus on a future built on green power   
   Emily Gosden, The Times   
      
   Japan launches energy policy review amid global push for greener power   
   Yuka Obayashi, Reuters   
      
   Japan's JERA to shut inefficient coal-fired power plants by 2030   
   Reuters   
      
   Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub   
   Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters   
      
   Brazil's military operations are not halting deforestation in the Amazon   
   Fabiano Maisonnave, Lalo de Almeida, Monica Prestes, Climate Home News   
      
   Environmentalists and dam operators, at war for years, start making peace   
   Brad Plumer, The New York Times   
      
      
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