For just dollars a day, inmates fight California’s fires More than 900 prisoners are battling the deadly flames ripping through the Los Angeles area. Their presence provides much-needed manpower to depleted fire crews but has also revived criticism of the practice, including over their low pay for dangerous work
The Straits Times
For just dollars a day, inmates fight California’s fires
The state has long relied on inmates to help fight wildfires, which activists have largely opposed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at str...
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Climate change solution lies in 30% inland waterway transport: CM Sarma
Climate change solution lies in 30% inland waterway transport: CM Sarma
Guwahati, Jan. 10: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the issue of climate change will substantially decrease if 30 per c...
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Research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water https://phys.org/news/2025-01-links-dry-atmosphere-sponge-ability.html #California #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Extreme weather in 2024 affected around 18 in every 1,000 people across the globe, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database. Mongabay has compiled the data into an interactive dashboard below
Conservation news
At least 11,500 deaths linked to extreme weather in 2024
Extreme weather in 2024 affected around 18 in every 1,000 people across the globe, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster...
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González recounted to Dialogue Earth how armed men belonging to a group that wanted to control clan territory and negotiate with the wind park developer burst into the house shooting and killing one of her aunts. They buried her aunt on the same day and then escaped in the middle of the night with barely more than the clothes on their backs. The family moved to Riohacha, the capital of La Guajira, to live in exile
World Resources Institute
How Global Climate Initiatives Can Risk Indigenous Women’s Land Rights
Projects aimed at combating the climate crisis on Indigenous lands are infringing on women's land rights, as well as their livelihoods and soc...
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From Snow to Heat, Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers As climate change worsens, the people delivering your food are increasingly exposed to heat, wildfire smoke and other dangerous weather events
From Snow to Heat, Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers - Inside Climate News
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Germany’s energy agencies push heat pumps to win over skeptics In Germany, officials are trying to reframe heat pumps as a smart financial and energy-secure choice, hoping to counter climate-skeptic narratives that have fueled resistance in conservative regions https://www.dailyclimate.org/germanys-energy-agencies-push-heat-pumps-to-win-over-skeptics-2670762505.html #Germany #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
dans une France à + 4 °C, Toulouse passerait d’un nombre moyen de nuits tropicales (+ de 20 °C) de 14,27 (sur la période de référence 1970-2000) à 67,6 en 2100. Dit autrement, en 2050, la capitale de l’Occitanie devra composer avec un climat proche de celui connu aujourd’hui à Malaga ou Constantine (Algérie), et, en 2100, avec le quotidien des habitants de Cordoue ou Chlef (Algérie)
ladepeche.fr
"Plus fraîche ma ville" : comment l’Aude se prépare à un avenir caniculaire
Carcassonne Agglo et la commune de Montréal font partie des 18 collectivités d’Occitanie retenues dans le cadre d’un appel à manifestation d...
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Le projet de mine Horne 5 « n’est pas acceptable » dans sa forme actuelle, selon le BAPE La commission d’enquête du Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement a rendu son rapport public mardi
Le projet de mine Horne 5 « n’est pas acceptable » dans sa forme actuelle, selon le BAPE | Radio-Canada
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Myth #1: Nuclear power is a zero-emission form of energy Myth #2: We need nuclear energy in order to meet emission reduction goals Myth #3: Nuclear power is safe Myth #4: There is a “safe dose” of radiation Myth #5: Nuclear waste has been resolved Myth #6: Small modular reactors (SMRs) are viable and safe Myth #7: Nuclear energy is economically viable Myth #8: The risk from a nuclear power plant ends when its decommissioned
Liberation News
Myth vs. fact: Is nuclear power really a climate solution?
Reliant on government subsidies to survive, the nuclear industry lobby is strong and has a history of glossing over the risks and inefficiencies of...
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