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Overnight News Digest [1]

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Date: 2023-07-28

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes09OP0az coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.

I apologize for the lateness of the post tonight (hence the clock), but I did remember, just a bit late. So on to the cool/interesting/cheery stuff above the fold and the serious stuff below.

First, let’s start with some pictures, from the Washington Post:

I promised you some cheery news above the fold. I guess this qualifies, as one of the worst Roman emperors is at least long dead! This comes from CNN:

Lost for centuries, Emperor Nero’s theater is unearthed in Rome By Barbie Latza Nadeau Ruins of a private theater belonging to the 1st century Roman Emperor Nero have been unearthed in the Italian capital just meters from the Vatican, in what experts are calling an “exceptional” find. The discovery, revealed by Rome’s special superintendent Daniela Porro on Thursday, unveils the venue where Nero rehearsed poetry and music, and lies near to where St. Peter’s Basilica now stands.

And at least this shipwreck is ancient. The story is from The Guardian:

Ancient Roman cargo ship found on bottom of Mediterranean

The vessel, from the first or second century BC, contains hundreds of jars, giving archaeologists insight into ‘ancient maritime trade routes’ Angela Giuffrida in Rome An ancient Roman cargo ship dating back to the first or second century BC has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean in what has been described as an “exceptional” discovery. The vessel, which was loaded with hundreds of jars, was found at a depth of about 160 metres (524ft) close to Civitavecchia, an Italian port city about 80km (50 miles) from Rome.

And this is at least moving forward in terms of the environment. This is from the AP:

A pollution tax on older cars can be extended to London’s suburbs after a British court ruling By BRIAN MELLEY A British court ruled Friday against London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars as green policies become a hot political issue in the U.K. amid increasingly dramatic impacts of global climate change. The High Court ruled that Mayor Sadiq Khan had the authority to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone, or ULEZ, which charges drivers of older gas and diesel vehicles 12.50 pounds ($16) a day they operate, to the city’s outskirts next month.

The rest of it is, as promised, below the fold.

From Al Jazeera:

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis No consensus reached on key points, including curbing emissions and scaling up renewable energy, despite record temperatures and wildfires across the globe. Environment ministers from G20 nations have failed to agree on ways to curb emissions and other crucial measures to address the global climate crisis ahead of the UN climate change conference at the end of the year. The European Union’s environment commissioner on Friday criticised the outcome of the meeting of the world’s largest economies in the Indian city of Chennai. He said it showed G20 countries, which account for up to 80 percent of global greenhouses emissions, were “nowhere” on their commitments to address climate change.

From The Guardian:

Wildfires ‘Our daughter asked if we were going to die’: diary of a tourist in Greek wildfires Andy Bell, 36, recounts escaping the wildfires on Rhodes and how it has changed his view of the climate crisis As told to Clea Skopeliti Flying to Rhodes on Wednesday 19 July, you could see smoke out of the window, but we didn’t think anything of it to be honest. We knew that wildfires were quite a regular thing in Rhodes. However, I want people to be aware of what it’s actually like being involved in a climate disaster event. In those first few days it was just a normal holiday. My partner and I were staying at the Atlantica Dreams resort, in Gennadi, south-east Rhodes with our four- and six-year-old daughters. The trip, booked with Tui, was our third visit to the resort – it’s the perfect place to go on holiday.

From the BBC:

Melting Swiss glacier uncovers climber missing since 1986 By Imogen Foulkes Human remains found on a glacier close to Switzerland's famous Matterhorn have been confirmed to be the body of a German climber missing since 1986. The discovery is the latest in a number of long held secrets that the Alpine glaciers, now rapidly shrinking due to climate change, have revealed.

From Deutsche Welle:

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