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Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks
Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation's most sensitive sites, including research laboratories, military facilities and power plants with radioactive material. Many sites are contaminated or warehouse decades of radioactive waste, while some perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be crippled by increasingly unpredictable extreme weather. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, where a 2018 wildfire burned 80% of the site, narrowly missing an area contaminated by a 1959 partial nuclear meltdown.
- The Conversation
Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and recovery in America
Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as two experts in disaster recovery explain.
- Associated Press
International court prosecutor's warrant requests for Israeli and Hamas leaders ignite fierce debate
The stunning announcement that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity has ignited a fierce debate about the court's future as an independent arbiter. The request by Prosecutor Karim Khan against the leader of a nation spawned by the horrors of the Holocaust also comes as the United Nations’ highest court, the International Court of Justice, is investigating whether Israel has committed genocide during its seven-month war against Hamas in Gaza.
