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· Heat-Related Emergencies Are Soaring in the U.S. Can Hospitals Keep Up?
Medical providers and public health experts worry that the health care system is poorly equipped to handle the influx
· Just Stop Oil Was Right About BP All Along
BP’s Faustian pursuit of profit has taken it from green darling to arch-villain
· Why Six Countries Account for Most Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
More than half of the migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border come from six Latin American countries, where worsening violence, poverty, and other factors are pushing them to leave
· World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Commercial Ferry to Run on San Francisco Bay, and It’s Free to Ride
The fuel cells produce electricity by combining oxygen and hydrogen in an electrochemical reaction that emits water as a byproduct
· Houston Is on a Path to an All-Out Power Crisis
The city’s widespread outage is a preview of how bad things could get this hurricane season
Heat-Related Emergencies Are Soaring in the U.S. Can Hospitals Keep Up? (Noah Weiland, New York Times)
Extreme heat, intensified by climate change, has blanketed much of the United States this summer, killing more than a dozen people in Oregon in recent days.
Just Stop Oil Was Right About BP All Along (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph)
BP has taken an enormous risk by betting the farm on booming global demand for oil and gas as far out as the late 2030s, and retreating drastically from renewables and clean-tech investment.
Why Six Countries Account for Most Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Will Freeman, Steven Holmes, and Sabine Baumgartner, CFR)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) registered close to 2.5 million migrant encounters at the southern U.S. border in fiscal year 2023. r.
World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Commercial Ferry to Run on San Francisco Bay, and It’s Free to Ride (Terry Chea, AP / Tech Explore)
The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials said Friday, demonstrating the ship.
Houston Is on a Path to an All-Out Power Crisis (Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic)
For the 2.2 million people in Houston who lost power Monday after Hurricane Beryl swept through the city, the first question they had was When will the electricity be back on?
