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Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority SAN JOSÉ, California – La Autoridad de Espacios Abiertos del Valle de Santa Clara (la Autoridad) anunció el 9 de junio la aprobación de la Medida D, también conocida como la Ley de Protección contra Incendios Forestales, Agua Limpia y Espacios Abiertos del...
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Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority SAN JOSÉ, Calif. – The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (the Authority) announced on June 9 the passage of Measure D, also known as the Santa Clara Valley Wildfire Protection, Clean Water, and Open Space Act. The Voter-Sponsored parcel tax measure was created through a citizen-led signature...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Los incendios forestales están aumentando en todo el mundo, y la amenaza va más allá de la destrucción causada por las llamas. La NASA advierte de que «el calentamiento climático de la Tierra está intensificando la actividad de los incendios forestales», y señala...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Wildfires are escalating globally, and the threat extends beyond destruction by flames. NASA warns that “Earth’s warming climate is amplifying wildland fire activity,” citing that “extreme wildfire activity has more than doubled worldwide.” The severity of these fires degrades water quality in the...
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One of the agencies left without resources due to the budget battle in Congress is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has no approved funding for fiscal year 2026. FEMA coordinates federal aid after wildfires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other major events. The lack of an agreement can...
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A medida que el cambio climático calienta el planeta, los incendios forestales se han vuelto tan impredecibles y extremos que se inventaron nuevas palabras: firenado, gigafire, fire siege e incluso fire pandemia. California tiene 78 “días de incendio” anuales más (cuando las condiciones son propicias para que se produzcan...
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As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire...
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Uno de los estudios académicos más grandes de los trabajadores agrícolas de California es cuantificar sus difíciles condiciones laborales y de vivienda en un momento en que la atención sobre esos problemas no podría ser más visible. El Centro Comunitario y Laboral de Merced de la Universidad de California...
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One of the largest academic studies of California farmworkers is quantifying their difficult workplace and housing conditions at a time when the spotlight on those issues couldn’t be brighter. The University of California Merced Community and Labor Center released results of its first California Farmworker Health Study in January. The 110-page...