Marine Le Pen announced a grand plan for air conditioning for France, saying that it saves lives, especially in extreme heat situations. She emphasized the need for public services to function properly with adequate air conditioning.
The government reversed the 2018 policy, effective July 1, that placed levies on airline tickets, depending on distance flown. The flip flop comes from a country that invented the Swedish term "flygskam," or flight shame, during a pre-pandemic anti-air travel movement championed by environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
The Active Transportation Program is the victim of its own success, continuously oversubscribed. Yet the governor and some of our lawmakers fail to recognize its value.
Now, over the past few weeks, the Trump Administration has slashed hundreds of NOAA staff including people responsible for producing critical weather forecasts and maintaining radar systems.
