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Heat waves warrant ‘disaster’ status too
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoUnlike other natural disasters, extreme heat doesn’t topple buildings, flood streets or turn road signs into missiles. It doesn’t provide a dramatic...
Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke Should Be Considered 'Major Disasters' by FEMA Amid Climate Crisis,...
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoTo date, FEMA has traditionally saved that classification for emergencies with obvious physical destruction. In a petition filed Monday, the coalition shared data that 2,300 Americans died in ...
Jack and Jon Rose: From surfing to humanitarianism, a life of adventure and purpose
Tahoe Daily Tribune· 18 hours agoA fierce blaze engulfed the African savanna, sending elephants, gazelles, rhinos, giraffes, lions,...
Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
The Columbian· 7 days agoIt was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire...
Jack and Jon Rose: From surfing to humanitarianism, a life of adventure and purpose
Sierra Sun· 2 days agoA fierce blaze engulfed the African savanna, sending elephants, gazelles, rhinos, giraffes, lions,...
Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?
WHYY· 5 days agoThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat....
Heat waves deadlier than hurricanes. Make them 'disasters'
The Eagle-Tribune· 2 days agoThis discussion is particularly relevant this week, as a “heat blob” that has punished Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. for months creeps into the Midwest, Northeast and Canada, subjecting possibly ...
At&T Aims For New Legislation To Change Carrier Of Last Resort Rules
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoThe California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to reject AT&T's request to withdraw as a carrier of last resort, or COLR, but it also decided to revisit the rules ...
CASEY: An optimist's perspective of the amazing Mountain Valley Pipeline
Roanoke Times· 5 days agoAfter a decade of controversy, $7 billion from investors, more lawsuits than the 2020 election and...
Marine sanctuaries are essential for preventing unwanted harmful activities off our coast
Santa Maria Sun· 3 days ago...Central Coast (conducted by Jason Scorse, director of Center for the Blue Economy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Judith Kildow, director of the center’s National Ocean Economics Program), found that a national marine sanctuary off the Central Coast could add, “at minimum,...
