Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat 09. July 2026 (16:00) Officials say climate crisis ‘worsening our exposure’ to bacteria as at least 28 people sickened in ManhattanA New York outbreak of legionnaires’ disease, a rare but severe form of pneumonia, highlights the microbe’s growing and disproportionate impacts in a warming climate.At least 28 people have been sickened in an outbreak on the Upper East Side, a wealthy neighborhood between Central Park and the East River in Manhattan. Health department officials, seeking to stop the outbreak, have sampled water from nearly 160 building cooling towers to test for the bacteria. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Flight of fancy: San Francisco moves to build private luxury airport terminal 09. July 2026 (16:00) City seeking bids to build and operate separate terminal, following Los Angeles, London and other citiesSick of the TSA lines? Tired of playing musical chairs at the gate? Rather sit as far from your fellow airplane passengers for as long as possible, in the comfort of your own private, luxury airport terminal?Soon you may get your wish. And San Francisco international airport wants to be your genie – for a fee. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Rupert Lowe sparks outrage with comments on Dunblane massacre 09. July 2026 (15:57) The Restore leader incorrectly told the world’s biggest podcaster there was just ‘one murder’ during the school massacre in which 16 children died.(London News)
Licensed to drill? How a Trump-linked Texas oil company is elbowing its way into Greenland 09. July 2026 (15:52) Greenland Energy says billions of barrels of crude lie beneath territory and claims it has exploration permits – a claim flatly denied by NuukOn 10 June, a snowy-haired American in his 60s addressed the residents of a remote Greenland hamlet. He was there to tell them about a business venture supported by figures linked to Donald Trump. “So,” Robert Price said via an interpreter, “we have a project to drill for oil here.”The Texas oil company that Price represents, Greenland Energy, hopes to prove that billions of barrels of crude lie underground by bringing in 300 shipping containers of drilling kit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Germany set to make rental e-scooter operators liable for accidents 09. July 2026 (15:06) Measures aim to make it easier for victims to gain compensation, with firms such as Bolt and Lime held responsible for damageVictims hit by rental e-scooters on German streets will have an easier time gaining compensation from their operators under legislation due to be passed in parliament that would put the vehicles on a legal footing similar to that of cars.The draft law by the right-left coalition government, which has been welcomed by consumer rights advocates, says that given the rapid rise in the use of e-scooters in recent years coupled with high accident rates, rental operators such as Lime and Bolt should be held liable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
