Disasters

"US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms"

"Ahead of a hotter than normal summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. “We shouldn’t be waiting for Donald Trump,” one said."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2025

Trump Orders Merger Of Wildland Firefighting Into Single Force, Despite Chaos

"President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government officials to consolidate wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes."

Source: AP, 06/17/2025

Popular NOAA Climate Website Will Be Hobbled, After Trump Cuts Entire Staff

"A widely used federal website that publishes information about changing weather patterns, drought conditions, agricultural best-practices, atmospheric changes and greenhouse gas emissions will no longer be updated, according to current and former employees familiar with the site. The website will stop publishing new content on July 1."

Source: NPR, 06/16/2025

Head of FEMA Command Center Quits After Trump Says He’ll Phase Out Agency

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster command center, who coordinates the national response to earthquakes, floods and other disasters, has submitted his resignation, according to two people familiar with the matter." "His resignation came after other senior staff members have left and a day after President Trump said he would wind down the federal agency by November."

Source: NYTimes, 06/16/2025

"Greenland And Iceland Saw Record Heat In May. What It Means For The World.

"Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland ’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat wave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world, scientists said in an analysis released Wednesday."

Source: AP, 06/12/2025

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