Decade of California Wildfires Cost 50,000 Lives and Half a Trillion Dollars

[Splinter]( Jun 07, 2024 [A Decade of California Wildfires Cost 50,000 Lives and Half a Trillion Dollars]( [A Decade of California Wildfires Cost 50,000 Lives and Half a Trillion Dollars]( Between 2008 and 2018, the pollution generated by wildfires in California likely led to more than 52,000 premature deaths, for an economic impact of as much as $456 billion. [Israel’s Emergency Government Is Set to Break Up This Weekend]( [Israel’s Emergency Government Is Set to Break Up This Weekend]( We are likely watching the beginning of the end for Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule in Israel. What happens after Gantz resigns tomorrow will have a large say in what direction this distressed society heads. [Remembering a Play: When Chris Bosh and Ray Allen Saved LeBron’s Legacy]( [Remembering a Play: When Chris Bosh and Ray Allen Saved LeBron’s Legacy]( Given the staggering legacies at stake between James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich, I think it's pretty clear that Ray Allen hit the biggest shot of the NBA’s 21st century. [Supreme Court Could Make Big Oil Even More Impervious to Climate Change Accountability]( [Supreme Court Could Make Big Oil Even More Impervious to Climate Change Accountability]( Flag and yacht enthusiasts and their colleagues at the Supreme Court have a chance this week to elevate major oil producers to an even higher plane of impunity than they currently enjoy. [Wall Street Journal Publishes Sleazy Hit Piece on Biden’s Age]( [Wall Street Journal Publishes Sleazy Hit Piece on Biden’s Age]( It’s very difficult to say this is anything other than what it looks like from a Rupert Murdoch-owned publication in an election year. [A Conservative Menu for Robert Menendez\'s Year at Morton\'s Steakhouse]( [A Conservative Menu for Robert Menendez's Year at Morton's Steakhouse]( What is something you do at least 250 times in a given year? Go to the gym? Impressive, dedicated stuff. See friends? We should all be so lucky. Eat at an expensive chain steakhouse where the average entree has 1,600 calories and contributes several tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere? You may well be New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez. [Hottest May on Record Completes Gruesome Year-Long Heat Parade]( [Hottest May on Record Completes Gruesome Year-Long Heat Parade]( The 12-month average temperature since last June actually exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold set forth in the Paris Agreement: the globe was 1.63 degrees C higher than the pre-industrial average. This is very grim. [Can ESPN Please Just Be Normal About Women’s Basketball]( [Can ESPN Please Just Be Normal About Women’s Basketball]( Maybe even put a muzzle on Pat McAfee and Stephen A. Smith and just let people like Monica McNutt fill us newbies in on what we’ve been missing. [View this email in your browser]( Copyright © 2024 Splinter/Paste Media (7525 Colbert Drive, Suite 106, Reno NV 89511) [unsubscribe](