Lahaina devastation, hour by hour
From The Washington Post
Severe draught conditions in Maui, especially the leeward side of the island that includes Lahaina
Hurricane Dora passing 500 miles to the south producing easterly gusts
Power poles and lines downed also producing power outage and possibly the source of the first fires
Heat and dry air producing a micro high-pressure system forced intense winds down the side of the volcano spraying gravel and debris and ripping shingles form rooftops
Gridlock and panic
Some survived in the cold ocean water, moving closer to the fire to warm up and away as cars exploded
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Driller gets $1.2B to take a shot at reducing green-house gases with Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology.
From Desmog
Occidental Petroleum will get $1.2B to develop DAC technology
DAC is designed to capture carbon dioxide from the ambient air, or remove “legacy emissions"
O&G industry favors the tech because it allows them to operate business as usual
Critics say the cost of energy required to make DAC work is almost as inefficient as renewables
Wells Fargo and other banks are hit with fines for using encrypted, private chat apps
SEC and CFTC fines total $549M for violations of recordkeeping rules
Banks were unable to produce electronic discussions dating back to 2019
Off-channel communications were not maintain or preserved
Paper describes Academic Capture practices by CCP in American Universities
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