CNN employees are “freaked out” the company’s new CEO Chris Licht is orchestrating a “purge” of left-wing staff after Brian Stelter and John Harwood announced their abrupt departures, according to the Washington Post.
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Amid record-breaking heat, an explosive wildfire is bringing devastation to Northern California. Over 7,000 people were forced to evacuate near the small town of Weed. Dozens of homes have also been incinerated.
46 million Americans will spend the holiday weekend in dangerous heat as temperatures hit triple-digits for the sixth consecutive day. Fears grow to see if power companies can meet surging demand.
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While hiking the Cedar Swamp Trail in High Point State Park we rounded a bend and were stunned to see a young bobcat on the trail in front of us.
Tom started recording as we stood there in amazement. Be sure to watch the video on this page to see the bobcats in action.
We could see the white spot on the black backs of his ears and he wagged his cute little “bobbed” tail.
After a few seconds he trotted off into the woods and we thought wow, what lucky timing.
Bobcats are shy and seldom seen. We hike A LOT and we’ve only seen a bobcat once, in Yosemite National Park, way back in 2008.
Bobcats were locally extinct from New Jersey by the 1970s. Between 1978 and 1982, 24 bobcats from Maine were reintroduced to New Jersey. Their numbers have increased but they remain on New Jersey’s endangered species list.
Bobcats are larger than housecats and stand about 2 feet tall. Females are usually between 18 and 25 lbs while a male can be as much as 35lbs.
They breed between February and June and typically have 2-3 young. A bobcat’s lifespan is 12-13 years.
For more about bobcats in New Jersey, see the NJDEP’s Bobcat Fact Sheet. Check out the Nature Conservancy to learn about land being preserved to create a “Bobcat Alley“
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By Brenda Flanagan, NJ Spotlight News
“I don’t think it’s something you get over; at least, not for me. And I want the town — the government — to step up and provide the resources that we need to be able to rebuild our community,” said Debby Josephs a year after Tropical Storm Ida devastated her home in Manville. She just moved back in April.
The 500-year storm swept across New Jersey and sent rivers boiling over their banks. Flash floods killed 30 people who were trapped in cars and basement apartments. Ida damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and today many of them still need repair. But federal aid is tough to get and New Jersey is still sitting on a $228 million Housing and Urban Development block grant approved by Congress earlier this year. Advocates say Ida victims need more money and they need it now.
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Why? Because you could be smelling what’s assaulting nostrils in Oakland, California
From The Guardian, U.S. Edition
Thousands of fish carcasses have been floating up to the edges of the San Francisco Bay, and the scummy top of Oakland’s Lake Merritt – stewing under the sun and wafting a putrid stench into nearby neighborhoods.
The dead bat rays, striped bass, sturgeon, anchovies, and clams, are probably mass victims of an algal bloom that scientists are racing to understand. In the meantime citizen scientists, local photographers, joggers, and naturalists have been capturing dramatic photos of the die-off.
“The diversity of life in Lake Merritt is just incredible,” said Damon Tighe, a naturalist who documents wildlife in the lake, a unique ecosystem in Oakland, California, that contains both fresh and saltwater. A range of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks call the lake home as do large breeding populations of herons, egrets, geese, and ducks. Salmon, sturgeon, jellyfish, and leopard sharks have also navigated into the lake in recent years.
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From Renewable Energy World
LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor Co. said they plan to invest $4.4 billion to set up U.S. manufacturing to jointly produce lithium-ion batteries to power Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market.
The partners aim to have an annual production capacity at the plant of around 40 GWh.
The pouch-type batteries will be supplied exclusively to Honda facilities in North America. The location of the plant is not yet final. The companies said they aim to start construction in early 2023 with a goal of starting mass production by the end of 2025.
In April 2021, Honda announced plans for 40% of its North American sales to be battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles by 2030, increasing to 80% by 2035, and to 100% by 2040. Honda has been producing cars in the U.S. for 40 years and currently operates 18 manufacturing facilities in North America.
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