Tag: natural disaster
Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US...
A study published this week in Nature projects that wildfire smoke will cause approximately 71,000 excess deaths each year by 2050 under current emissions trends—an increase of roughly 30,000 deaths over today’s levels.
Firefighter shortage across US poses ‘dangerous’ risks as peak wildfire season...
The country’s fire managers moved its response to “Preparation Level 4,” the second-highest designation, which shows that firefighting resources are heavily committed.
The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to...
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
NOAA: 2025 Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be above normal with...
NOAA predicts a 60 percent chance of it being “above normal,” a 30 percent chance of it being near normal and a 10 percent chance that it will be below normal.
California’s bold move to hold Big Oil accountable for climate disasters
New bill aims to shift wildfire recovery costs from taxpayers to fossil fuel companies.
Abolish climate disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based economy.
Survivors of deadly LA wildfires demand accountability for Big Oil’s role...
Victims, scientists, and legal experts unite to hold fossil fuel companies criminally responsible.
LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas
Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.
Landlords evicted Maui residents and housed wildfire survivors for more money....
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
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Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.