“Let us not be the continent that learns the value of water after the well has run dry,” EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson. ‘A war for water’: Europe sounds the alarm on water stress ahead of another extreme summer
Record-breaking temperatures through spring and a historic winter heatwave has taken a visible toll on the region's rivers and ski slopes.
Left my phone in a Lyft today - used find my to notify the driver and watched the map on my laptop as the phone made its way back. Was so grateful when he pulled up 20 minutes later and promised him a giant tip only to find a minute later that the Lyft app max tip was $17. How lame is that?
Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Kakhovka dam. This will endanger drinking water supplies to Crimea and Russia, luckily (?) no threat for now to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant which the reservoir cools. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kakhovka-dam-ukraine-russia-destroyed-rcna87852
Water was surging through the critical Kakhovka dam Tuesday, unleashing flooding that could threaten hundreds of thousands of residents, as well as a nearby nuclear plant.
Hey fancy people, please do a better job than I did of welcoming Reality to Bluesky:)
Nice dog 💙
State Farm has stopped accepting homeowner insurance applications in California Whole industry is going to need restructuring this decade… https://www.npr.org/2023/05/28/1178648989/state-farm-home-insurance-california-wildfires-inflation
The announcement is the latest development in what has been a years-long issue in California: insurance companies dropping homeowners because of the growing risk of wildfires.
Yes, it's just bullying the EPA, plain and simple.
Yep. Also they never had to pay any fines to the EPA, so the idea that they even had standing to sue here or were injured in any way aside from the CWA/WOTUS existing and not being enforced is laughable. These people…
and which you were probably saving for breakfast