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HEY CALIFORNIA!!
New York State Has Sent OIL Companies an INTERIM BILL for Climate Destruction of 75 Billion Dollars.
(interim means more bills coming)
New York State has BILLED oil companies SEVENTY FIVE BILLION for Climate Destruction SO FAR.
California BILL Oil Companies for Climate Dstuction so far.
California
Bill Oil for Los Angeles
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Hochul is governor of New York
Discrimination has made it harder for Black people in the Los Angeles area to buy and keep their homes.
It has also made them more vulnerable to wildfires, as seen when Altadena burned.
https://theconversation.com/how-racism-fueled-the-eaton-fires-destruction-in-altadena-a-scholar-explains-why-discrimination-can-raise-fire-risk-for-black-californians-250582
Without #FEMA, smaller and less wealthy states would likely struggle to respond effectively to disasters. A #publichealth professor looks at why getting rid of FEMA would be a bad idea buff.ly/C6aTRTc (Ming Xie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) 
#climatesky #hurricanes #LAFires
https://buff.ly/C6aTRTc
Without #FEMA, smaller and less wealthy states would likely struggle to respond effectively to disasters. A #publichealth professor looks at why getting rid of FEMA would be a bad idea buff.ly/C6aTRTc (Ming Xie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) #climatesky #hurricanes #LAFires
https://buff.ly/C6aTRTc
During the LA fires, Johan created https://fireaid.info, a tool mapping mutual aid resources and founding https://mutua.nyc.
He is currently developing Haven, a peer-to-peer decentralized software for mutual aid, and he’s looking for contribs!
More at https://michalove.studio
#LAfires #FireAid #p2p #DWeb #decentralization #DWebFellow
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6,000 homes were destroyed in Altadena, L.A. County, by the recent wildfires. In many cases, all that remains standing is the chimney and fireplace — often covered in tiles designed by artist Ernest Batchelder. @Dwell writes about a grassroots movement to salvage some of those tiles — and the history of the storied neighborhood. "Whether you’re grieving a person or, in this case, a house filled with memories, it helps to have something that you can physically hang on to," says Brenda Davidge. "Having the tile helps us with moving forward because while we know the house and everything that was in it is gone, the tiles are a physical reminder that the fire didn’t take everything, that these things have lasted a hundred-plus years and made it through that crazy fire so they can keep going beyond that too."
WONDERFUL!! Sooooooooooo incredibly heartwarming!! 
#LAFIRES #PALISADESFIRE #WILDFIRES #FIRES #CA #LA #PETRESCUE
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ABC7
Altadena fire—new free farmers market launching today. Spread the word locally.
https://pasadenanow.com/main/free-community-farmers-market-launches-today-for-altadena-fire-victims
Resilience and determination to continue #businessasusual and forget those nasty fires #ClimateandNatureCrisis #LAFires
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/02/oscars-anora-picture-actress-mikey-madison-sean-baker?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
DOGE just gutted the NOAA. It’ll make us all much, much less safe.
https://youtu.be/JwRaCAAYklI?si=hen4cDvm-KSImI9w
#NOAA
#extremeweather #lafires #hurricane #northcarolina #fires #extremeheat #nationalweatherservice #idiocracy #weather #weatherforecast #fisheries #aviation
Altadena, 7 Weeks Later
It's been seven weeks since the wildfires in Altadena destroyed over 10,000 structures.
Unless you live there or close to LA, I doubt you think about it much.
Not so for the people who used to live there (or who still have a home but can
'… Never seen the mountain
so brown, laid bare and yellow, a soft
bellied cat…'
Jessica Abughattas responds to last month's #LAFires with the #poem Beautiful Altadena:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/jessica-abughattass-beautiful-altadena
#books #reading #writing #poetry #ClimateCrisis #climate #bookstodon @bookstodon
"Following almost every major fire in the past 20 years, after removing ash, rubble and up to 6in of soil, agencies have sought sampling to ensure the next layer of soil is safe. This time, the army corps of engineers says the process hasn’t been authorized, and that simply removing 6in of topsoil is adequate" #LAFires https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/la-fire-cleanup-beach-will-rogers-epa
The 2025 #LAfires destroyed 16,000 structures, displacing thousands. A professor who studies managing risk in the face of climate change shares solutions for protecting low- and moderate-income residents. #climatechange #housingcosts #resilience https://theconversation.com/how-california-can-rebuild-safer-more-resilient-cities-after-wildfires-without-pricing-out-workers-247680
In the summer of 1956, 15-year-old Kathy Kohner Zuckerman learned to surf, and she recorded her experiences of riding waves and the people she met in a diary. Everyone had a nickname — Tubesteak, Lord Blears, Thrifty Phil — and Kathy wanted one too. Soon, she became Gidget, a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget." Her story went on to become a series of novels, a movie starring Sandra Dee, an ABC series starring Sally Field, a stage musical co-written by Francis Ford Coppola, and more. And, Defector's David Davis argues, it also was an inflection point in surf culture, turning it from "a sleepy pastime to a billion-dollar mainstream commodity." Kohner Zuckerman dipped out of the limelight in the 1960s before re-embracing it over the past couple of decades. Davis spoke to her about her early experiences, her unique place in American culture, her life as Gidget and beyond, and what she saved from the LA fires that razed her home of 60 years.
Without #FEMA, smaller and less wealthy states would likely struggle to respond effectively to disasters. A #publichealth professor looks at why getting rid of FEMA would be a bad idea https://theconversation.com/if-fema-didnt-exist-could-states-handle-the-disaster-response-alone-248758 #climatechange #hurricanes #LAFires
#LAfires help students to think about the connections between #STEM and society https://buff.ly/3WR6eFK
After wildfires, LA schools can learn from other districts' experiences in helping students: Flexible schedules, #mentalhealth support, and community involvement aid long-term recovery. An education professor explains: https://theconversation.com/what-los-angeles-area-schools-can-learn-from-other-districts-devastated-by-natural-disasters-247777 #LAFires #learningloss
