ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
A WILDFIRE that started in Klickitat County, Washington, on July 21 destroyed more than 30,000 acres in less than a day and continues to grow as it feeds on brush, grass and forest vegetation.
Fire crews are working to extinguish the Newell Road Wildfire near Bickleton, which has resulted in the evacuation of residents in the rural area, and is threatening farms, livestock, homes, and wind and solar farms, reported KOMO News.
“It’s very difficult terrain to fight a fire,” said Allen Lebovitz, a spokesperson for the state’s Department of Natural Resources, as Reuters reported.
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT



