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#wildfires #NaturalDisasters #gov #PublicSafety

'To aid in wildfire preparedness, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has released a publicly accessible online database of wildfire mitigation plans. The new resource offers a centralized, searchable collection of more than 400 publicly available wildfire mitigation plans developed by 170 utilities across 19 U.S. states.'

pnnl.gov/publications/pnnl-rel

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PNNL · PNNL Releases Database Tracking Wildfire Mitigation Plans NationwideThe Wildfire Mitigation Plan Database was built to support electric utilities, state governments, policymakers, and regulators in understanding and improving wildfire risk and resilience strategies.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: PNNL Releases Database Tracking Wildfire Mitigation Plans Nationwide. “To aid in wildfire preparedness, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has released a publicly accessible online database of wildfire mitigation plans. The new resource offers a centralized, searchable collection of more than 400 publicly available wildfire mitigation plans […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/pnnl-pnnl-releases-database-tracking-wildfire-mitigation-plans-nationwide/

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Yale News: Yale, other universities file brief in case aiming to preserve research funding that benefits America. “Yale and 23 other research universities filed a legal brief Monday to aid judicial review in a lawsuit about the federal government’s freeze on research funding. The suit aims to preserve critical support that has fueled American innovation, economic growth, and key medical […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/yale-news-yale-other-universities-file-brief-in-case-aiming-to-preserve-research-funding-that-benefits-america/

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Anil Dash: The Internet of Consent. “There’s a common thread that ties together concerns about privacy, security, even just basic usability for so many of the tech products we use today. It just boils down to whether the people who make the technology that we use believe that we should be in control. It’s simple: Technology should only ever do exactly what we have explicitly given it our […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/anil-dash-the-internet-of-consent-2/

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☢️ 🟩 From Friday JUN-13 📑 Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said that most of the damage from ISR airstrikes targeting its underground uranium enrichment facility at Natanz was at ground level.

"Most of the damage is on the surface level," said the organisation's spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, adding that there had been "no casualties" at the facility where the enrichment centrifuges are housed underground.

#environment #publicsafety #iran #mena

Sources: NNA/agc

nna-leb.gov.lb/en/regional/787

“Studies show that wildlife crossings can decrease animal-vehicle collisions by roughly 90%, making highways safer for people and animals. Dramatic reductions in crashes have been reported in Colorado, Wyoming, Florida and Canada, among other locations that use wildlife crossings.”

#Wildlife #WildlifeCrossings #Environment #PublicSafety #AnimalVehicleCollisions #Colorado

coloradosun.com/2025/06/13/do-

The Colorado Sun · Do wildlife crossings on highways reduce crashes? By Por Jaijongkit

The city of Houston and Harris County are seeking $4.6 million in state funding for a pedestrian bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad track near Houston ISD’s McReynolds Middle School in the Denver Harbor neighborhood. 

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

Engadget: Tesla is trying to stop certain self-driving crash data becoming public . “Tesla has asked a judge to block a request for the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to disclose certain data related to crashes involving vehicles that have self-driving features, as Reuters reports.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/engadget-tesla-is-trying-to-stop-certain-self-driving-crash-data-becoming-public/

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