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Kinzinger Says He Received a Threat to ‘Execute’ Him, His Wife, and 5-Month-Old

Kinzinger said he received a mailed threat to “execute me, as well as my wife and 5-month-old child. We’ve never seen or had anything like that.”
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/kinzinger-received-threat-execute-him-his-wife-5-month-old-2022-6

Estimating the timing of geophysical commitment to 1.5 and 2.0 °C of global warming | Nature Climate Change

Following abrupt cessation of anthropogenic emissions, decreases in short-lived aerosols would lead to a warming peak within a decade, followed by slow cooling as GHG concentrations decline. This implies a geophysical commitment to temporarily crossing warming levels before reaching them. Here we use an emissions-based climate model (FaIR) to estimate temperature change following cessation of emissions in 2021 and in every year thereafter until 2080 following eight Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). Assuming a medium-emissions trajectory (SSP2–4.5), we find that we are already committed to peak warming greater than 1.5 °C with 42% probability, increasing to 66% by 2029 (340 GtCO2 relative to 2021). Probability of peak warming greater than 2.0 °C is currently 2%, increasing to 66% by 2057 (1,550 GtCO2 relative to 2021). Because climate will cool from peak warming as GHG concentrations decline, committed warming of 1.5 °C in 2100 will not occur with at least 66% probability until 2055. Halting emissions does not immediately stop warming as atmospheric concentrations continue to warm the planet. This study shows society may already be committed to exceeding 1.5 °C peak warming with 42% probability; delaying cuts increases this to 66% in 2029 for all scenarios.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01372-y.epdf

Gustavo Petro Wins Colombia’s Presidential Election – The New York Times

Mr. Petro said his relationship with the United States would focus on working together to tackle climate change, specifically halting the rapid erosion of the Amazon.

“There is a point of dialogue there,” he said. “Because saving the Amazon rainforest involves some instruments, some programs, that do not exist today, at least not with respect to the United States. It is, in my opinion, the priority.”

 

Texas Republican Party Enshrines Anti-LGBTQ Hate in Extreme Right-Wing Party Platform – Mother Jones

Source: Texas Republican Party Enshrines Anti-LGBTQ Hate in Extreme Right-Wing Party Platform – Mother Jones

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