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   *Climate crisis hits 'worst case scenario' levels - Environment Agency head   
   Matthew Taylor, The Guardian   
   UK publications have reported on comments by Sir James Bevan, chief   
   executive of the Environment Agency (EA), who, according to the   
   Guardian, says climate change is already hitting "worst case scenario"   
   levels that if left unchecked will lead to the collapse of   
   ecosystems. The newspaper quotes Bevan stating more extreme weather   
   and flooding indicated that politicians must take action to cut   
   emissions and adapt to the "inevitable" impacts of climate change:   
   ""If [this] sounds like science fiction let me tell you something you   
   need to know. This is that over the last few years the reasonable   
   worst case for several of the flood incidents the EA has responded to   
   has actually happened, and it's getting larger". The Scotsman notes   
   that the EA head compared climate change to an "unseen pandemic",   
   noting that if left unchecked it would kill more people, and do much   
   more harm, than Covid-19.   
   The Daily Express also has the story and uses it to promote its   
   recently launched "Green Britain" campaign. Separately, DeSmog UK   
   reports that the Daily Express has removed an online article quoting a   
   prominent climate science sceptic, after an energy company said it was   
   reviewing whether to remove its advertising from the website. The   
   article quoted "climate science denier" Naomi Seibt criticising the   
   BBC's decision to show campaigner Greta Thunberg's new documentary   
   and, in response Gary Jones, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, told   
   DeSmog UK the story "fail[ed] to reflect our direction of travel in   
   pursuing a greener, environmentally friendly agenda".   
      
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   Rabies Could Mutate into "Zombie Virus" Says New Study ...   
   The Debrief, 23 Feb 2021   
   A new Italian study cautions that the rabies virus could mutate, either   
   naturally or artificially, into an "apocalyptic" disease that turns humans   
   into hyper-aggressive "zombies.". Admittedly, the paper approaches the   
   theoretical idea that, since the rise of COVID-19, the world must begin   
   "to think-out-of-the-box" when it comes to large-scale epidemics.   
      
     "Zombie Virus" Possible via Rabies-Flu Hybrid?   
     National Geographic, 23 Feb 2021   
     But for the rabies virus to trigger a zombie pandemic like in the movies, it   
     would also have to be much more contagious. Humans typically catch rabies   
     after being bitten by an infected animal, usually a dog-and the infection   
     usually stops there.   
      
   China's Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover   
   The Associated Press, 24 Feb 2021 06:15Z   
   Beijing. China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking   
   orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in ...   
      
   SolarWinds hack was work of 'at least 1,000 engineers', tech executives tell   
   Senate   
   The Guardian, 24 Feb 2021 10:54Z   
   True scope of the breach, which affected 100 companies and several federal   
   agencies, is still unknown.   
      
   Chinese court rules that a woman's housework is worth $128 a month   
   CNBC, 24 Feb 2021 08:13Z   
   The decision for a 50000 yuan payout for 5 years of household work was   
   made under China's new civil code that took effect in Jan.   
      
   ERAU Electric Aircraft Reaches Milestone   
   AVweb, 23 Feb 2021 15:16Z   
   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's "eSpirit" electric aircraft has   
   reached the taxi-test stage after 4 years of development.   
      
   Italian cemetery collapses, sending coffins down cliff into sea   
   ABC News, 23 Feb 2021 at 9:27pm   
   Concerns over the graveyard's stability are raised before a landslide sends   
   part of a cemetery and 200 coffins cascading down a cliff in the Italian   
   Riviera.   
      
   'Tidal wave' of renewables could force early coal power closures   
   ABC Newcastle, 24 Feb 2021 01:06Z   
   An analysis of Australia's energy market has found a number of the nation's   
   coal-fired power stations could be financially unviable by 2025 and at least   
   one may be forced to close early.   
      
   Wages growth stuck at record low as public sector pay freezes bite   
   ABC News, 24 Feb 2021 01:09Z   
   A stronger-than-expected increase in private sector pay over the last 3   
   months of 2020 keeps wages growth above economist expectations, but pay   
   rises remain at record lows.   
      
   Contagious virus easy to confuse with COVID-19 on the rise in Queensland   
   ABC Sunshine Coast, 24 Feb 2021 01:33Z   
   The spread of a highly contagious virus with similar symptoms to COVID-19   
   has prompted warnings that 2021 could be a year of illness and disease as   
   social distancing rules start to relax.   
      
   US Postal Service Awards Contract to Launch Multi-Billion-Dollar   
   Modernization of Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet   
   PRNewswire, 23 Feb 2021 20:59Z   
   The US Postal Service announced today it awarded a 10-year   
   contract to Oshkosh, WI, based Oshkosh Defense, to manufacture a new ...   
      
   Winter Storm Uri: The TX dream of going it alone was never real   
   Vox.com, 23 Feb 2021 19:57Z   
   The power was still out in my Dallas housing complex early last Tue, so   
   I grabbed the survival hatchet from my emergency bag to chop up a couple of   
   fallen ...   
      
     Top board leaders resign after deadly TX power outages   
     POLITICO, 23 Feb 2021 21:55Z   
     Austin, TX. Top board leaders of TX' embattled power grid operator   
     said Tue they will resign following outrage over more than 4 mn ...   
      
   A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse   
   Gizmodo, 23 Feb 2021 19:57Z   
   The ocean may have less time than we thought before massive, irreversible   
   shifts take place. A new study finds that a crucial ocean system may reach   
   its "tipping ...   
      
   There's a hidden message in the parachute of NASA's Mars rover   
   The Verge, 23 Feb 2021 17:57Z   
   The parachute for NASA's Perseverance rover had a hidden message written in   
   binary code that said "Dare Mighty Things."   
      
   Mt Etna's latest eruptions awe even those who study volcanos   
   Associated Press, 23 Feb 2021 17:09Z   
   Rome. Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has awed even seasoned   
   volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up   
   the ...   
      
   Freshwater fish are in "catastrophic" decline with one-third facing   
   extinction, report finds   
   CBS News, 23 Feb 2021 17:55Z   
   Thousands of fish species are facing "catastrophic" decline - threatening   
   the health, food security and livelihoods of 100s of mns of people   
   around the ...   
      
   Fed Chair Jerome Powell Warns Of Long Road Ahead To Recover Millions Of Lost   
   Jobs   
   NPR, 23 Feb 2021 18:56Z   
   Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned on Tue the United States   
   has a "long way" to go to return to full employment, even as he expressed ...   
      
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