Morning bird: Fiala in Brussels rejected the proposal to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040. Lula wants to be the president of Brazil for the fourth time.
The European Commission, which recently proposed a 90 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2040 compared to 1990, failed to agree on achieving this goal at its meeting. The decision will again be up to environmental ministers, who will meet in November. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to run for this position again next year.
Proposal for a climate goal for 2040 will be discussed again in November
At the European Union summit in Brussels, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala categorically rejected the proposal for a climate goal for 2040, which is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent compared to 1990. The proposal was originally supposed to be voted on by the EU Environment Ministers already in September, but everything was postponed and the debate was moved to the summit at the request of France, Germany, Italy, and other countries. No decision was made on the climate target at the current summit, but the Union's presidents and prime ministers did have a strategic discussion on the topic. The decision will again be up to the Environment Ministers, who will meet on November 4, reported the portal Ceskenoviny.cz.
Veteran politician plans to be president in the next term
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced that he will run for this office again next year. This would be his fourth electoral term. He said this during a state visit to Indonesia. He also stated that despite his relatively advanced age, he still seems to be full of energy. The politician will soon be 80 years old. The Brazilian constitution allows presidents to serve only two consecutive terms. Lula was president from 2003 to 2010. He returned to office in 2023, reported Al Jazeera.
Musk wants to prevent "corporate terrorists" from gaining control over Tesla
While in the past Elon Musk has claimed he needs to increase his stake in Tesla to become the world's first billionaire, this week he said his aim is not to increase his wealth, but to protect his company. He stated that he wants to protect Tesla from two influential firms that advise shareholders on how to vote. These are specifically ISS and Glass Lewis. He also labeled them as "corporate terrorists", because some index funds, which control a large portion of Tesla's shares, allegedly blindly follow the recommendations of these two companies, reported CNN.
Jury awards record compensation to the family of a man who died in a private prison
A US federal jury found a private company that operates a prison in Louisiana responsible for the death of a man in 2015. He died from a head injury he suffered while in custody. The family was awarded damages of more than 40 million dollars, or about 840 million crowns in conversion. Lawyers representing the family of Erieh Moore Sr. believe that the verdict is among the highest compensations ever awarded by a jury for death in US custody, the AP agency wrote. The 57-year-old worker, who was the father of three children, was arrested in 2015 for disturbing public order in a doughnut shop.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, CNN, Al Jazeera, AP
