Anonymous ID: 5ad5c4 June 14, 2023, 3:51 a.m. No.19005471   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

California Senators plead with EPA to allow controlled burns in new clean air rules

 

More than 9,000 wildfires charred more than 4 million acres of land in 2020.

 

 

(The Center Square) - For the last few years California has had devastating wildfires ravage the land, disrupt the lives of thousands of residents and result in fatalities and now new Environmental Protection Agency rules may make it more likely to occur again.

 

Last yearā€™s Fairview fire consumed more than 28,000 acres and took two lives but it was the Creek Fire in 2021 which burned more than 379,000 acres, that set the record for the largest single fire in Californiaā€™s history. The year before that was another record-setting year- for the most wildfires in a single year- when more than 9,000 wildfires charred more than 4 million acres of land in 2020.

 

Now U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) and 23 members of California's House of Representatives delegation are aiming to keep prescribed burns in California's arsenal of tools to stop wildfires from getting out of control again.

 

In January the EPA proposed to tighten fine particle pollution standards triggering concern among the California representatives that the implementation of the rule could inadvertently limit land managers from deploying prescribed fires, and in fact have the opposite effect of improving air quality should an unplanned and uncontrollable wildfire begin.

 

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/california-senators-plead-epa-allow-controlled-burns-new-clean-air

Anonymous ID: 5ad5c4 June 14, 2023, 3:51 a.m. No.19005473   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>5501

California Senators plead with EPA to allow controlled burns in new clean air rules

 

More than 9,000 wildfires charred more than 4 million acres of land in 2020.

 

 

(The Center Square) - For the last few years California has had devastating wildfires ravage the land, disrupt the lives of thousands of residents and result in fatalities and now new Environmental Protection Agency rules may make it more likely to occur again.

 

Last yearā€™s Fairview fire consumed more than 28,000 acres and took two lives but it was the Creek Fire in 2021 which burned more than 379,000 acres, that set the record for the largest single fire in Californiaā€™s history. The year before that was another record-setting year- for the most wildfires in a single year- when more than 9,000 wildfires charred more than 4 million acres of land in 2020.

 

Now U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) and 23 members of California's House of Representatives delegation are aiming to keep prescribed burns in California's arsenal of tools to stop wildfires from getting out of control again.

 

In January the EPA proposed to tighten fine particle pollution standards triggering concern among the California representatives that the implementation of the rule could inadvertently limit land managers from deploying prescribed fires, and in fact have the opposite effect of improving air quality should an unplanned and uncontrollable wildfire begin.

 

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/california-senators-plead-epa-allow-controlled-burns-new-clean-air

Anonymous ID: 5ad5c4 June 14, 2023, 3:56 a.m. No.19005485   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>5487 >>5531

Silvio Berlusconiā€™s polarizing force in Italy remains strong as his funeral is held in Milan

 

Wreaths are laid out in front of Milan's Gothic Cathedral ahead of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconiā€™s funeral, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Berlusconi' legacy, positive or negative, was being hotly debated among Italians as the nation prepared for a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milanā€™s Gothic-era Duomo cathedral on Wednesday. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

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Wreaths are laid out in front of Milan's Gothic Cathedral ahead of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconiā€™s funeral, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Berlusconi' legacy, positive or negative, was being hotly debated among Italians as the nation prepared for a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milanā€™s Gothic-era Duomo cathedral on Wednesday. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

 

MILAN (AP) ā€” Silvio Berlusconiā€™s legacy ā€” positive or negative ā€” was being hotly debated among Italians as the nation prepared for a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milanā€™s Gothic-era Duomo cathedral on Wednesday.

 

Most Italians identify Berlusconi, a media mogul, soccer entrepreneur and three-time former premier, as the most influential figure in Italy over recent decades. But they remain sharply divided on whether his influence was for the better or worse. They are split over whether the three-time former premier merits all the fuss and ceremony.

 

Berlusconi died at the age of 86 on Monday in a Milan hospital where he was being treated for chronic leukemia. His family held a private wake Tuesday at one of Berlusconiā€™s villas near Milan, the city where he made his billions as the head of a media empire before entering politics in 1994.

 

Political opponents are questioning not only the decisions of Premier Giorgia Meloniā€™s government to hold a state funeral ā€” an honor that can be afforded all former premiers ā€” but to also declare a national day of mourning, which is more rarely invoked. In the case of the latter, flags are flown at half-staff and all political events not involving charity are put on hold, but it is otherwise business as usual.

 

https://apnews.com/article/berlusconi-funeral-italy-politics-45a874e8736a40aa36050baab505142f

Anonymous ID: 5ad5c4 June 14, 2023, 3:59 a.m. No.19005491   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

ā€˜Peace is unlikely in the near futureā€™: Hereā€™s what Russian experts think about Ukraineā€™s much-hyped counteroffensive

Six viewpoints on how Kievā€™s operation is going and what it means for the future of the conflict

 

Conflicting information about the long-awaited and much-hyped counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is coming from the front line. According to some reports, Kievā€™sĀ army has not met with much success on the battlefield.

 

Here, a group of leading analysts assess what we know about the current situation, approximately ten days since the operation began.

 

Sergey Khrapach, security expert, Reserve Russian Federal Security Service officer:

 

At the present moment, when the AFU still hasnā€™t inflicted its main blow, it is pointless to make presumptions. War is a rather exact science. If, as a result of strikes in multiple directions, the AFU manages to find weak spots in the Russian Armyā€™s defense and delivers an attack that breaks through, then I see no visible prospects for resolving the conflict. Ukraine aims to liberate its territories within 1991 state borders, but most likely, peace will only be possible after establishing the borders defined as of March 2022, or similar. Meanwhile, the considerable military potential of both sides makes it impossible to just freeze the conflict at this stage.

 

Oleg Ivanov, Head of the Center for the Settlement of Social Conflicts in Moscow:

 

Of course, it is still too early to say that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has fallen through. This is just the beginningā€“ the AFU has large supplies of Western military equipment and it will take some time to destroy it. Moreover, I believe that at the NATO summit on June 15, the Alliance will decide to increase military aid to Ukraine, possibly providing it with F-16 fighter jets, more tanks, and long-range missiles. So, in the near future, we should expect the AFU to intensify attempts to break through the front line. Otherwise, its chances of ā€˜pushing Russia backā€™ by autumn will be close to zero.

 

Grigory Sarbayev, founder of the legal firm ā€œZakonovedā€:

 

The conflict will not be frozen. Economically speaking, the territory that was once Ukraine is like a drug addict that gets its drug ā€“ war ā€“ at the expense of new ā€˜dosesā€™ of Western loans. It doesnā€™t have anything of its own. The supply of weapons will increase and the weapons will become more modern. For them, to stop means to die, because the West invests huge sums [into Ukraine]. In fact, the world [order] is being reconstructed [through this conflict].

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/577965-russian-experts-ukrainian-counteroffensive/