Warning Signs: Deadly Earth, Deadly Humans

There are an astonishing number of ways humans can die and Mother Nature is utterly indifferent.

What makes matters worse, however, is the indifference of environmentalists who would deny everyone access to the energy sources needed to fuel a complex, technological, global society beginning with the provision of electricity. The Earth is not running out of coal or oil, only the right to mine it and drill for it.

Homeless man dies in abandoned warehouse fire | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

While according to fire investigators they don't know how the fire started, they are looking into whether it is related to a “warming fire”. He told us, they found signs of previous small fires started inside the building by homeless people to keep warm during the cold weather.

In New York City, a Chilly Library Has Rewards for Union Workers - NYTimes.com

Under a little-known contract provision titled “Extreme Temperature Procedures,” unionized workers at branches of the New York Public Library can accrue compensatory time when the temperature inside dips below 68 degrees for a couple of hours. Similar clauses exist for libraries across the city.
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On his first working day in office in 1977, President Carter asked all Americans to set their home thermostats at 65 degrees during the day, and colder at night, to help the nation deal with an energy crisis.

“By this action, great savings are possible,” Mr. Carter said.

Such frugality was not in evidence one day last week, however, during informal checks at three branches — St. Albans in Queens, and Soundview and Mott Haven in the Bronx. Indoor temperatures at each ranged from 73 to 79 degrees.

Muscovites taking icy dips for Epiphany face bitter cold | Top Russian news

Weather forecasters said air temperatures will fall below minus 20 Celsius overnight, rising to around minus 16 on Tuesday afternoon.

Water on Epiphany is believed to become holy and to have healing properties, but the ministry said it has dispatched 265 rescuers to be on duty near the ice holes.