"The outlook calls for continued dry conditions in the #Southwest, where global warming is a key driver of a long-term #megadrought that is already disrupting water supplies to cities and nationally important agricultural zones.

The outlook is bad news for Colorado River and Rio Grande flows, and for soil moisture and vegetation health across the region. Drying vegetation heightens concerns for another bad wildfire season in the Southwest."

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24032025/noaa-critical-drought-warnings-spring-climate-outlook/

Southwest to start charging for checked bags, after they explicitly stated they would not do so.

All of these changes suspiciously line up with VC Elliot Investment Management buying up 5 board seats last year. God, I hate private equity firms.

#Travel #Southwest

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/southwest-airlines-charge-checked-bags.html

#PBSNewsHour video from 2022: Residents in the #Southwest struggle with the health effects of #NuclearOre extraction

By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, and Frank Carlson
Aug 8, 2022 6:30 PM EST

"Residents of the Southwest including many #IndigenousPeople have for years been exposed to high levels of radiation from #uranium extraction and refining, a toxic legacy from the #ColdWar's weapons program and nuclear power generation. Stephanie Sy reports in partnership with investigative news outlet ProPublica on a community’s fight for survival and to hold a company and government accountable."

Watch:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/residents-in-the-southwest-struggle-with-the-health-effects-of-nuclear-ore-extraction
#EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining #UraniumProcessing #NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #Genocide #Dine #NukingTheNavajo #RadiationExposure