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Currently in Los Angeles — October 19, 2023: 80s and 90s with a cooldown next week
Ade Adeniji & Abbie Veitch
October 18, 2023
The weather, currently.
80s and 90s with a cooldown next week
As we head into Thursday, the heatwave rages on with 80s and 90s away from the coast. Expect a similar regime on Friday. After that expect a gradual cooldown into the weekend and next week.
What you need to know, currently.
As the horrors in Palestine-Israel continue to unfold, it feels necessary to reiterate — as we have before in this newsletter — how climate justice, all systems of oppression, and humanitarian crises are connected.
As climate reporter Yessenia Funes put it in her newsletter Possibilities:
“What is climate justice in a world where people are not free? How can we talk about a green future when some communities don't have a future to look forward to? How can cultures come together to talk about emissions reductions when they don't even have peace?”
Below are a few stories and pieces of writing that highlight this truth:
What you can do, currently.
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