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Chief engineer Nitin Shukla ensured that all 21 of his crewmates reached a lifeboat before boarding himself, according to his account reported by The Times of India. Their tanker had been struck by a drone in the Strait of Hormuz region, and Shukla has since returned home to his family in Kanpur.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Read the original story →Rescuers in Indonesia have saved dozens of critically endangered orangutans from wildfires, NPR reports. The rescues offer immediate protection for animals whose lives and habitats remain threatened during the deadly fire season.
Source: npr.org
Read the original story →California’s new Home Energy Choice Act will require utilities to offer households a financial incentive to electrify instead of replacing their gas service line. The incentive must cost less than the replacement, creating a route to savings for gas customers, though uptake and actual savings are not yet established.
Source: Grist
Read the original story →Florida’s Coalition of Immokalee Workers has secured some of the country’s strongest workplace heat protections through agreements that link farms’ access to buyers with respect for workers’ rights. Other worker groups are adopting its approach as government efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall.
Source: The Guardian
Read the original story →Two off-duty California State Parks officers stopped after seeing smoke near Highway 70 in Sutter County and rescued a woman trapped in an overturned, burning vehicle. CHP said the vehicle became fully engulfed moments after the rescue; the woman was hospitalized with burns, and her condition was not immediately released.
Source: cbsnews.com
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