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Kristin Crowley: LA fire chief publicly criticizing the city’s budget cuts

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:21:45 +0000

LA’s first female fire chief, in a public spat with the mayor, is a 25-year veteran who’s prioritized diversifying her team

Kristin Crowley was appointed Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment and discrimination among its 3,400-member ranks.

LA fires could test Getty Center’s claim of being safest place to store artwork

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:26:32 +0000

Getty team says no current plans to move prominent pieces from center deemed ‘marvel of anti-fire engineering’

It houses some of the richest treasures of the art world, such as Vincent van Gogh’s Irises, a popular Rembrandt and a priceless collection of paintings, portraits and other works spanning more than seven centuries.

Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:00:41 +0000

More than 7,000 hectares logged in planned park area since Chris Minns won 2023 election with commitment to deliver new sanctuary, conservationists say

Falsely labelled ‘organic’ products rife on Australian shelves, shoppers warned

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:00:39 +0000

Organic farmers sound alarm about greenwashing amid push to introduce national domestic standard

Fire tornado spotted in Palisades blaze in California – video

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:17:23 +0000

A fire tornado was spotted as the Palisades fire continued to blaze through the San Fernando valley in California

One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:01:46 +0000

Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms after illegal release

One of the four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands this week has died. The animal, which had been illegally released, was caught on Friday near Kingussie in the Cairngorms national park.

In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires | Arwa Mahdawi

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:07 +0000

Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true

How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:06 +0000

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those before

When writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”

We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:43:36 +0000

We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high

Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:36:23 +0000

Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends

North Sea oil and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.