Four months after the floods in late August, parts of Pakistan remain flooded. Of the 33 million who were flooded out of their homes, 8 million are still homeless.

*Brazil police find draft decree intended to overturn election result in former Bolsonaro minister’s home.* Bolsonaro had not signed the decree; it is not clear whether he ever saw it.

The ex-minister was Anderson Torres. Bolsonaro put Torres in charge of security in Brasilia shortly before his presidential term ended, and it appears that Torres used that authority to help the insurrection.

Torres went to Florida in time to be missing in action at the time of the insurrection. However, he returned to Brazil as he said he would, and was arrested on arrival.

The Espionage Act is so absurdly overbroad that even the actions of people such as Julian Assange and Joe Biden may technically have violated it. We need to change that law.

*Stop "Caving to Fossil Fuel Industry," Experts Say as 2022 Confirmed Among Hottest Years on Record.*

*World On Verge of "New Industrial Age" as Clean Energy Jobs Boom: IEA.*

The projections in the article sound very good, but I wonder how they compare with what is needed to keep global heating to a level of 1.5°C.