DISASTER AID: Survivors could receive more help with rule change
Federal housing officials are loosening a long-standing rule that has kept disaster victims from making multiple claims on federal recovery dollars.
Today in science: Sally Ride in space
She was the 1st American woman in space, eventually flying on 2 Space Shuttle missions. She played a key role in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. And she inspired people.
Guest blog – Dewilding Basingstoke by Paul Sterry
Dewilding Basingstoke One thing leads to another. This all harks back to the saga of Basingstoke’s beleaguered Common Toads, a story that not only continues but also evolves. So as summer approaches, and all those young toadlets leave their breeding…
Appearance of deep-sea fish does not signal upcoming earthquake in Japan
(Seismological Society of America) The unusual appearance of deep-sea fish like the oarfish or slender ribbonfish in Japanese shallow waters does not mean that an earthquake is about to occur, according to a new statistical analysis.
Call to arms: how can Australia avoid a slow and painful decline?
Australia is at a crossroads. Drift towards a future of slow decline economically and socially or, if action is taken now to address our most important challenges, create a future of greater prosperity for all, globally competitive industries and a…
Study Warns Of Death Toll Under Hotter Global Warming Scenarios – KJZZ
Union of Concerned Scientists The number of heat-related deaths per 100,000 people in an extremely hot year in a 3°C warmer world, and the number of deaths per 100,000 people that could be avoided in a 1.5°C or 2°C world…
Joe Biden’s ‘Clean Energy Revolution’ An American Calamity
Presidential candidate Joe Biden recently announced his “Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice.” While it might be viewed as a Green New Deal Lite, the plan would inflict enormous economic, environmental and societal pain on most of…
Pope Francis asks oil companies for a ‘radical energy transition’
The leader of the Catholic Church used his strongest language yet to call for ‘decisive action, here and now.’
Democrats Have Set Themselves A Major ‘Climate Trap’
If President Trump claws his way to victory again in Pennsylvania and the Upper Midwest, his path will likely go through abortion and climate change, two issues on which the Democrats are most inflamed, confident in their righteousness and willing…
Early-season hurricanes result in greater transmission of mosquito-borne infectious disease
The timing of a hurricane is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as West Nile Virus, dengue, chikungunya and Zika, according to new research.
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