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Sweltering summers are making an AC a lifesaving device. But despite the heatwaves, millions of Americans simply can’t afford it. The heat in swampy New Orleans, Louisiana is so pervasive that locals say the weather is a mix of mostly summer with other seasons scattered in. Jeffrey Elder, medical director for emergency management at University […]
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In the wake of January’s deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters. County supervisors approved a feasibility study this spring for such a voluntary database. Supporters applauded the effort to give more notice and […]
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Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will never happen again. Curtis Skene was asleep at 03:30 on 9 January 2018, when he heard the light rain turn into a downpour at his home in Montecito, California. A bright light drew the […]
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Though Central ND News promises to “fill the void in community news after years of decline in local reporting by legacy media” with “100% original reporting,” no staff are listed on the site and few stories have bylines. Last fall residents of Mandan, North Dakota woke up to an unfamiliar newspaper at their doorsteps. The […]
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Friday termination notices, abrupt reassignments and the erasure of key environmental websites put the future of policing polluters in doubt. When Donald Trump was reelected president, civil servants working at the agencies that oversee federal environmental regulations and prosecute corporate polluters anticipated that many things would soon be reversed, just like the last time. When […]
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The former Republican and mayoral candidate is riling up California’s moderates amid the destruction, but will it work? As houses smoldered and the breadth of destruction from fires that raged through Los Angeles was just beginning to become clear, real estate developer Rick Caruso called into a local Fox station to cast the first stone. […]
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The clean energy transition, for one, an analysis of campaign finance data reveals. Read on Mother Jones It was 2:30 in the morning on November 6, 2014, when flames engulfed the New Orleans home of political consultant Mario Zervigon. Someone had lit his cars on fire, and the flames spread to his house. Zervigon and his […]
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The Koch-linked paper appears in Morton County as residents are set to vote — and to hear the case brought by pipeline owner Energy Transfer The newspaper’s motto reads “Real data. Real value. Real news.” But there is nothing real about it. The Central ND News has many of the hallmarks of a legitimate news […]
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