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In first for Fed, U.S. central bank says climate poses stability risks

The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet.

Excerpt from this story from Reuters:

The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet.

“Acute hazards, such as storms, floods, or wildfires, may cause investors to update their perceptions of the value of real or financial assets suddenly,” Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in comments attached to the report, released Monday.

“Chronic hazards, such as slow increases in mean temperatures or sea levels, or a gradual change in investor sentiment about those risks, introduce the possibility of abrupt tipping points or significant swings in sentiment,” Brainard said.

Such abrupt price changes from climate-related disasters could also create difficult-to-predict knock-on effects through financial markets, the report said, particularly because not enough is understood, or disclosed, about the true extent of exposures to climate risks.

In her new album "Uncivil War," electric blues singer Shemekia Copeland tackles institutionalized racism, climate change and capitalism with powerful vocals and timely lyrics.

Her previous album, "America's Child," is also a must listen for blues fans and anyone trying to find hope in this political landscape.

Zodiac Aesthetics // Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)

Aquarius: Progressive, Humanitarian, Likes fun with friends, helping others & intellectual conversations

Element: Air

Color: Light Blue & Silver

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Pisces | Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer | Leo | Virgo |  Libra | Scorpio | Sagittarius | Capricorn

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The time has come for us to shine!!

Dates: June 27 and 28, 2020

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The staff of TechnoCoven 2020 will be hosting a fundraiser event to raise money for organizations that are assisting the Black community/are associated with Black Lives Matter and for the victims of police brutality. 100% of the money raised will be going directly to these organizations.

We currently have a list of volunteers who will be giving tarot readings, energy work sessions, performing spellwork and leading events, giving out art commissions, and more in exchange for donations. There will also be free community healing offerings for Black practitioners and other practitioners of color.

We are also looking for more volunteers! DM me here or on Discord if you are interested in helping out and volunteering your skills and services. (You must be 18+ to volunteer or donate.)

While the server won't be going live for a while, please feel free to join now to save your spot! And don't forget to mark your calendars for this event.

Please reblog to boost this event! TechnoCoven raised over $1,500 for COVID relief; let's do the same (or better!) for BLM!

does anyone else have an irrational fear biden is gonna like not. do anything. when he gets elected?

like what if he just doesn’t advocate for BLM. doesn’t care about LGBTQ+ rights. won’t help with abortion laws. will deny climate change.

what if both candidates aren’t for the people. but only for themselves?

Global Warming

Ozone Hole - Antarctica

Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today.

The annual Antarctic ozone hole reached its peak size at about 24,8-million square kilometres (9,6-million square miles), roughly three times the area of the continental US, on 20 September. Observations revealed the nearly complete elimination of ozone in a 4-mile-high column of the stratosphere over the South Pole.

Eta, Now a Category 4 Hurricane, Takes Aim at Central America

The storm was expected to strengthen before making landfall late Monday or early Tuesday morning, producing as much as 35 inches of rain.

Eta was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said, warning that the storm was likely to strengthen before making landfall in Nicaragua late Monday night or early Tuesday.

Eta is the 28th named storm and the 12th hurricane in a dangerously active season that has brought destruction from Central America to the northern Gulf States and beyond. With Eta, 2020 has tied a record set in 2005 for the most storms that have grown strong enough to be named…

Government scientists had predicted an unusually busy hurricane season, which began on June 1. They pointed to factors like higher-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean, a strong African monsoon season and a reduced vertical wind shear, which means less wind variability at different altitudes that can disrupt the formation of storms.

Climate scientists say there are links between global warming and the intensity of hurricanes. As ocean temperatures rise, hurricanes grow stronger as warm water serves as the fuel that powers them.

But the number of named storms this year exceeded even initial forecasts from the National Hurricane Center.

“Records are made to be broken,” said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman and meteorologist with the center in Miami. “But this is not one I would want to break.”