Amy Haggstromflipped into Cuba!1 day agoLightning strike causes major fire at Cuban fuel depotbbc.co.ukA major fire has broken out in Cuba after lightning struck a fuel storage tank at a depot in Matanzas. A second storage tank exploded on Saturday morning after the fire spread. State TV reports that dozens of people are injured and that 17 firefighters are unaccounted for. The country's health …
Amy Haggstromflipped into US3 days ago‘We feel disrespected’: Navajo farmers wait for justice years after EPA disasterverified_publisherGuardian US - Michael Benanav for Searchlight New MexicoOn 7 August 2015, crews from the Navajo Nation irrigation office in Shiprock rushed to close the main gates of two irrigation canals that carry water from the San Juan River toward the fields of hundreds of Navajo farmers. It was peak growing season in the arid north-western corner of New Mexico. …
Amy Haggstromflipped into Hazards & Disasters3 days agoRevealed: how climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weatherverified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian CarringtonThe devastating intensification of extreme weather is laid bare today in a Guardian analysis that shows how people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due to more deadly and more frequent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and droughts brought by the climate crisis. The analysis of …
Amy Haggstromflipped into Economics4 days ago‘Grotesque greed’: immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN chiefverified_publisherThe Guardian - Matthew TaylorThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, has described the record profits of oil and gas companies as immoral and urged governments to introduce a windfall tax, using the money to help those in the most need. Speaking in New York on Wednesday, Guterres said the “grotesque greed” of the fossil …
Amy Haggstromflipped into Society5 days agoGreenwashing is driving our descent into climate catastrophe. But we can stop itverified_publisherThe Guardian - Emma ThompsonGondola trips are a traditional part of visiting Venice for those who can afford the steep tourist prices, but I went a little off-script on a recent visit and chose a different, but equally iconic, vessel. We Are Here Venice, an NGO that promotes the safeguarding of a city deeply affected by …
Amy Haggstromflipped into Economics5 days agoThe world is ablaze and the oil industry just posted record profits. It’s us or themverified_publisherThe Guardian - Hamilton NolanIt is useful to think of capitalism as a robotic savant, spectacularly gifted at doing one thing and cripplingly blind to everything else. Global capitalism is an incredible machine for extracting fossil fuels from our planet, refining them, shipping them to every corner of the Earth and making …
