Brain-eating amoeba; Social media as war?; weathering the next Florence, and more

president Trump’s intention to reenter the Paris Climate Accord, or to appoint Naomi Klein as his new EPA director. It was an environmental-impact statement justifying his decision to repeal previously scheduled, federal fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles built after 2020 — a deregulatory measure that will add 8 billion additional tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by the end of this century, according to the government’s own estimates.
As the WashingtonPost revealed Friday, the administration uses its four-degree warming estimate to argue that eliminating 8 billion tons worth of emissions won’t be enough to change the climate outlook, by itself, so the federal government shouldn’t bother.

TSA’s role in pipeline cybersecurity could be up for grabs (Mark Rockwell, FCW)
Congress is looking into which agency should oversee cybersecurity for natural gas and oil pipelines.

N.J. surfer dies of brain-eating amoeba after dip in Texas wave pool (Gianluca D’Elia, NJ.com)
A 29-year-old surfer from Atlantic County has died of what’s been described as a “brain-eating amoeba” after a visit to the wave pool of a Central Texas resort.
Fabrizio Stabile, of Ventnor, had been in the pool at BSR Cable Park in Waco prior to his death at Atlantic City Medical Center on Sept. 21, The Associated Press reported.
Stabile tested positive for Naegleria fowleri — an amoeba that typically occurs in warm fresh water — the day before his death, according to a GoFundMe page started by loved ones to create a foundation in his memory.
Stabile’s family and friends are hoping to raise awareness of the rare amoeba, which destroys brain tissue and has a fatality rate of more than 97 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Social media as war? (Kori Schake, War on the Rocks)
Along with August Cole, Peter Singer wrote one of the best books about how technology is changing warfare. Ghost Fleet was a delicious thriller that caused greater alarm about the American military losing its edge over China than any non-literary warning could have (why, why hasn’t it yet been made into a movie?). Along with Emerson T. Brooking, Singer has now turned his attention to the immediate crisis at hand: the weaponization of social media.

In the dead of night, Trump administration is shipping hundreds of undocumented minors to Texas tent camp (Elliot Hannon, Slate)
The national shame that is America’s treatment of undocumented children