Tag: wildfires
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 23
Verizon confirms throttling internet in California during deadly wildfires, Michael Cohen won't accept a pardon from Trump, new poll shows Sanders would be Trump in 2020, and more.
Prison inmates fighting California’s deadly fires
More than 2,000 inmates are working as firefighters, prompting new debate over this aspect of prison labor.
Experts: If we don’t stop climate change, CA fires ‘will seem...
This year’s fires have already burned nearly three times as many acres as the same time last year. Experts say climate change has increased the length of fire season.
As wildfires rage, Trump administration plans to slash fire science funding
“A wildland fire (budget) cut is a human health cut.”
A mix of unusual forces is fueling Southern California’s fires
Scientists have tied California's fires to rising temperatures and years of epic drought.
We don’t think of Californians as climate refugees yet, but we...
Texas. Florida. Puerto Rico. California. The growing climate disaster toll ought to raise questions about where humans can and should live.
Scientist Daniel Swain on ‘unprecedented climate conditions’ contributing to deadly CA...
More than 11,000 firefighters are battling the wildfires, with the support of hundreds of fire engines and dozens of helicopters and airplanes.
31 killed in deadliest week for wildfires in California history
Fire officials are preparing for conditions to worsen with high winds expected to return.
90 companies helped cause the climate crisis – they should pay...
The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes.
Wildfires are essential: The Forest Service embraces a tribal tradition
The Karuk were once denied the right to practice an ancient tradition. Now scientific and resource management circles are seeing the merits of controlled burning.
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Global leaders plead for peace in Ukraine at UN
Altogether, leaders from at least 50 countries spoke up for peace in Ukraine at the 2023 UN General Assembly.
Supreme Court could trigger hundreds of billions in corporate tax cuts ‘with the stroke...
"The Roberts Court could decide with the stroke of a pen to simultaneously forgive big business decades of tax dues."
Elected Democrats are conformist enablers of Biden for 2024
Alarm bells among pro-Biden pundits have finally begun to break the political sound barrier. So why is it quiet on Capitol Hill on the Democratic front?
Climate campaigners decry ‘absolutely horrendous’ brutality against protesters at fed summit
"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”