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Globe and Mail
14-07-2025
- Climate
- Globe and Mail
Globe Climate: In the fires, after the floods
If you're reading this on the web or someone forwarded this e-mail newsletter to you, you can sign up for Globe Climate and all Globe newsletters here. Good afternoon, and welcome to Globe Climate, a newsletter about climate change, environment and resources in Canada. Although in this newsletter today we will look back at the aftermath of the floods down south, readers should be looking ahead to wildfires in the Prairies. Officials in Manitoba are hopeful that with the help of international firefighters alongside cooler, wetter weather will slow raging wildfires. The province has declared its second state of emergency this year, and has started a new round of evacuations. There are more than 560 active wildfires burning and 140 are considered out of control, prompting more than 345 air quality alerts and advisories in five provinces and one territory. Follow our reporting this week. Now, let's catch you up on other news. For this week's deeper dive, a closer look at the deadliest flash flood in Texas in more than a century, and the signals it sends to other places prone to flooding. Had there been just a slight shift in direction, the entire storm system might have passed without notice. But despite unfolding in a place long known by the name 'Flash Flood Alley' the storm's severity caught nearly everyone off guard, and led to endless stories of human tragedy. But, as water reporter Patrick White says in his story this past week, there's a political tale playing out here, too. Flash floods are America's top storm-related killer, and climate change is making them more powerful. Patrick traveled to Kerrville, Tex. to speak to people on the ground. Along the Guadalupe River, locals recited past disasters like scripture: '32, '78, '87. Yet, in this area with flood deaths going back generations, improvements to the warning system had been put off, even nixed. It's part of a difficult conversation in a region where climate change, though increasingly impossible to ignore, is often denied and remains politically untouchable. The Texas disaster has put a focus on both the risk of flash flooding as well as how to predict or prevent it. This particular county gave nearly 80 per cent of its vote to Donald Trump. When Patrick asked one flood victim about the scientific phenomenon, he went on a tangent that touched on Pizzagate, the mass harvesting of children's organs and other conspiracy theories. A woman who launched a petition for flood sirens on the river told him climate change was a liberal theory and equated it with cloud seeding. The President's budget for next year includes a 27-per-cent cut to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the weather service's parent organization, including shutting down its entire research arm, which has labs studying the effects of climate change. Experts have warned for months that deep staffing cuts could endanger lives. Meanwhile, researchers are also worried Canada isn't doing enough to prevent such disasters here. Ryan Ness of the Canadian Climate Institute says the country needs to invest in flood mapping, infrastructure and early warning systems. Ness said many parts of Canada don't have flood maps, 'so it's hard to know where to protect or where to send warnings.' He also said flash flooding can be made worse in areas burned by wildfire, which Canadians are in the throes of managing. Tanya Talaga: News of a deep-sea port along the James Bay coast is a surprise to those who live there Deliah Bernard: Instead of scrapping Indigenous consultations, let's make them better Janice Locke: My apple cores brought nature to my doorstep – then some bigger guests arrived Canadian cleantech veteran aims to make AI a force for good Nicholas Parker, a long-time investor and adviser to companies and policymakers, is betting artificial intelligence will be a force for sustainability – and that there's money to be made. He has been evaluating how AI can boost energy efficiency, streamline industrial processes and reduce CO2 emissions across numerous industries. Now he and his team are bringing together experts, entrepreneurs and investors to marshal some of the US$138-billion they say will be required to scale AI technologies for sustainability over the next five years. We've launched the next chapter of The Climate Exchange, an interactive, digital hub where The Globe answers your most pressing questions about climate change. More than 300 questions were submitted as of September. The first batch of answers tackles 30 of them. They can be found with the help of a search tool developed by The Globe that makes use of artificial intelligence to match readers' questions with the closest answer drafted. We plan to answer a total of 75 questions. We want to hear from you. Email us: GlobeClimate@ Do you know someone who needs this newsletter? Send them to our Newsletters page.
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Time-capsule house of Aussie artist to the stars for sale
Famous Australian artist Louis Kahan's museum-like Melbourne house is in the frame for a $2.3m-$2.5m sale. Mr Kahan, who died in 2002, won the 1962 Archibald Prize for his painting of writer Patrick White. Other creatives captured by Mr Kahan included iconic US actor and comedian Bob Hope, singer Bing Crosby, opera stars Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian actor Alan Marshall, composer Igor Stravinsky and violinist Yehudi Menuhin, plus the art critic, writer and producer Robert Hughes. Earlier in life, after arriving in Paris in 1925, Mr Kahan designed costumes for celebrated dancer, actor, singer and World War II spy Joséphine Baker and the renowned music hall Folies Bergère. Mr Kahan served as a war artist during WWII and sketched post-war trials of accused Nazi collaborators for the French newspaper Le Figaro. In 1950, after moving to Melbourne, the Viennese-born artist worked in stage and costume design for The National Theatre and the Australian Opera. His family is selling the three-bedroom abode at 11 Second Ave, Kew, that served as Mr Kahan's home for about six decades. The mid-century house was originally designed by architect Ernst Milston in 1960 and extended by the noted Australian modernist Kevin Borland a decade later. Circa Property director Christine Henderson described the residence as an important part of Melbourne's artistic history, with Mr Kahan's easels and artistic supplies still set up in the studio. 'It's so beautiful, I have seen a lot of mid-century homes and this one is really unique, it's like a museum' Ms Henderson said. The house features a distinctive geometric facade, wall-to-wall glazing, timber panelling, an open fireplace in the main living area and a cellar concealed behind a hidden door. One of the downstairs bedrooms has a walk-in wardrobe and accesses a north-facing terrace, while some of the garden's plantings are listed on Boroondara Council's significant trees register. Ms Henderson said that Mr Kahan's family were hoping to sell the house to an owner-occupier who appreciated its history and character, rather than a developer. Many of the interested buyers are architects 'who can see the potential'. 'They have been really enamoured by it, it's like a time capsule,' Ms Henderson added. 'It has an incredible floorplan and flow that and the studio would make an incredible master bedroom, there's a bathroom in there.' Mr Kahan's work is held in many Australian and international galleries including the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Portrait Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, British Museum and Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Hundreds of his portraits of wounded Allied soldiers from WWII are exhibited in the Red Cross Museum, Washington. In the 1940s, Mr Kahan – who was acquainted with legendary film directors Billy Wilder and Otto Preminger – sketched the likes of Hope, Crosby and actor Randolph Scott on film sets in Hollywood. Mr Kahan was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian cultural life in 1993.
Globe and Mail
29-05-2025
- Health
- Globe and Mail
Canada revamps standards around ‘forever chemicals' in water
What's in your drinking water? On Prince Edward Island, the provincial testing program shows potable water in some communities have higher levels of toxic 'forever chemicals' than is recommended by Health Canada. To what extent this affects other provinces is unclear – PEI is currently the only province that systematically tests water supplies to make sure they hit federal targets for toxic chemicals. Patrick White is The Globe's water reporter. He explains the safety concerns surrounding 'forever chemicals' in our water, why the health agency revamped its guidelines and looks into why other provinces are slow to adapt. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Melbourne airport police officer fired after DUI, hit-and-hit crash arrest while in work vehicle
The Brief A probationary airport police officer in Melbourne was fired after allegedly driving drunk and crashing a work vehicle. Patrick White was arrested Tuesday and admitted to being intoxicated, according to police. He faces DUI and hit-and-run charges and has since bonded out of jail. MELBOURNE, Fla. - A Melbourne Orlando International Airport police officer has been fired after allegedly driving drunk, crashing a work vehicle, and leaving the scene, officials said. What we know Patrick White, a newly hired officer at Melbourne Orlando International Airport, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly driving drunk and crashing a work vehicle while off duty. The crash occurred near Malabar Road and Babcock Street. Witnesses flagged erratic behavior, and officers used video evidence to identify and track him down to a nearby parking lot. White later admitted to being intoxicated, authorities said. He was charged with DUI and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage. What we don't know It remains unclear how White was able to access and operate a work vehicle while off duty and unauthorized. The backstory White had only been with the Melbourne Orlando International Airport Police Department for less than three weeks and was still under probation. He was operating a work vehicle without authorization at the time of the incident, according to airport officials. His employment has since been terminated, and the police department has returned the vehicle. STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 35 ORLANDO: Download the FOX Local app for breaking news alerts, the latest news headlines Download the FOX 35 Storm Team Weather app for weather alerts & radar Sign up for FOX 35's daily newsletter for the latest morning headlines FOX Local:Stream FOX 35 newscasts, FOX 35 News+, Central Florida Eats on your smart TV The Source This story was written based on information shared by the Melbourne Police Department.
