Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:32 +0000

Employers hiring migrant workers through a federal program must provide food or cooking facilities. But those picking our fresh food have no access to adequate meals

On an August afternoon, Pablo stared down at a foam plate sloshing with flavorless pinto beans and a particularly bad version of huevos a la Mexicana. The simple, usually delicious scramble of eggs, tomatoes, onions and jalapeños is difficult to mess up. But if anyone can find a way to make it unpalatable, it’s the cook at his labor camp.

Cuddles and drama as live stream shows secret life of ‘ridiculously fluffy’ greater glider

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:31 +0000

Camera installed inside a tree hollow in NSW forest to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered possum

Something about the migrant labor camp spooked my mother. Then she learned its dark history

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:27 +0000

The Idaho camp where Nora Zavala Gallion harvested sugar beets in 1968 felt like a prison because it had been one – for Japanese Americans in the second world war

My mother, Nora Zavala Gallion, was 11 years old when she first set foot inside the farm labor camp in Caldwell, Idaho. It was 1968, and her family had traveled over 2,000 miles (3,218km) by car from Texas’s Rio Grande valley to harvest sugar beets as migrant laborers.

EPA’s drinking water limits for PFAS are under threat – and that’s nothing new

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:37 +0000

Though utilities’ mission is to provide clean water, their trade groups for decades have often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality

Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer | Gernot Wagner

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:00:33 +0000

The Austrian capital has been spared the worst of recent flooding. Its experience could be a lesson in how to tackle the climate crisis

Fire ant bait opponents face sting of the law as Queensland police called in

admin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:07:37 +0000

Tensions ramp up between authorities and property owners who don’t want chemical treatment spread on their land

San Francisco sees hottest day of 2024 as heatwave scorches US south-west

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:16:45 +0000

Excessive heat warnings bring elevated wildfire risk, potential for power outages and rising death toll

San Francisco recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, and Phoenix set a record for the hottest 1 October on record, as the National Weather Service predicted record-high fall temperatures across the south-western US.

Trump continues to deny climate crisis as he visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:49:34 +0000

Ex-president refers to climate crisis as ‘one of the great scams’ and plans to attend two fundraisers in oil-rich Texas

Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:39:33 +0000

US public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year

Private equity firms are using US public sector workers’ retirement savings to fund fossil fuel projects pumping more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to an analysis.

No water, no shade. Life as a roofer in the sweltering Florida heat: ‘It feels like 120F’

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:00:14 +0000

Workers struggle with dehydration, fatigue dizziness and headaches – but state laws have stripped their protections

Every day, Raquel Atlahua begins her work as a roofer bracing for the blistering sun.

On the roof, there is no escape from the direct light and heat, and the temperatures in Florida quickly climb as the day progresses. The high humidity and lack of shade make it feel even hotter, and even more difficult to cool down.