Environmental News For The Week Ending 09 May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January high; US Covid deaths are now at the lowest rate since since the second week of July.
While bonds, crypto, and the dollar largely trod water today, Commodities rose for a record 16th straight day today.
Source: Bloomberg
Source: Bloomberg
After Janet Yellen shit the bed yesterday, today s bounce was barely noticeable (and non-existent in most cases).
The Pentagon and US Space Command are said to be tracking a large Chinese rocket which is set to reenter Earth s atmosphere at some point this coming weekend, likely around May 8th according to the latest DoD statement. Crucially, the concern is that the falling rocket s debris could land on inhabited places and pose a danger to people below, given that it is among the largest ever launces to make an uncontrolled and high speed re-entry into earth s atmosphere.Â