My Aunty Bunty used to work in a factory in Dundee, in Scotland, with thousands of other women all adding colour to black and white photographs. She was allowed to be creative; the idea was to make people happy. So, for example, she could add more pink to the cheeks of young girls on holidays at the beach.Nowadays scientist regularly do the opposite. They strip colour from pretty pictures because they want to make people feel sad, specifically about the corals at the Great Barrier Reef. They are not very nice people. That is the unfortunate truth.Greeting cards and postcards were once big business and everyone wanted them more colourful. Nowadays, Great Barrier Reef research is big business, all funded...
Renters facing climate disasters often struggle to get federal housing aid, prompting Senate Democrats to propose reforms to simplify the process.Marianne Lavelle reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Renters often face challenges getting FEMA aid, needing documentation like leases or landlord statements.A proposed bill aims to expand acceptable proof of residence and allow self-certification for aid eligibility.The bill could reopen past denied applications for disasters since 2017.Key quote:“Disasters themselves maybe don’t discriminate, but our infrastructure does, which means that the people that have the least are also the ones that get hit the worst.”— Kathryn Gaasch, MDC program directorWhy this matters:Renters are often the most vulnerable after disasters but face systemic barriers in obtaining aid. Simplifying...