Tag: natural disaster
As wildfires rage, Trump administration plans to slash fire science funding
“A wildland fire (budget) cut is a human health cut.”
Hurricane Maria’s death toll higher than official recording a new study...
The overall death toll is 15 to 20 times greater than the Puerto Rican government's official death record.
Volunteers plant 67,500 trees in Portuguese forest devastated by wildfires
"In an era of climate change, such disasters are becoming reality all over the world."
FEMA to shut off aid to Puerto Rico with municipalities still...
A third of Puerto Rico residents are still without electricity and lack access to potable water four months after the Category 4 hurricane hit.
Half of Puerto Rico still in darkness, with no light in...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently estimated complete power restoration by May, leaving 45 percent of the island’s 1.5 million electricity customers in the dark.
State of Disaster
With natural disaster after natural disaster, Texans continues to elect officials who deny climate change. How many natural disasters will it take for the state to realize the disaster of it's elected officials?
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Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn
The Big Four firm spent years fabricating corporate papers that helped the sanctioned oligarch conceal assets and dodge tax
If Trumpism descends to grisly entertainment, why not hangings, guillotines, hungry lions, even burning...
Ready, Aim, Fire! with the latest culture of death stunt politics.
Analysis estimates up to 12.4 million fewer Americans enrolled in public health coverage since...
The figure is a net enrollment change through mid-2026, and the author says some of the underlying exchange data are estimates
Fain wins second term as UAW president in unofficial count
Partial results show the incumbent with more than two-thirds of the vote, while about one in 10 eligible members returned ballots
UN and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes
As King Abdullah of Jordan reminded the General Assembly, the UN and the world's governments have the means to enforce international law, if and when they choose to do so