This is the fight against genocide as well.

A special Member Spotlight (click here) for the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies on working in the field of Ukrainian Studies in 2022, including the experience of organizing and curating a worldwide art flash mob "Theory of Protection" by Ukrainian artist Darya Koltsova, marking one month of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

This beautiful Ukraine scholar has a beautiful heart of inclusion and love of the beauty art can bring to the world while relating a message. The genocide and the refugee movement has not soured her and made her angry. She acted initially to assist others in saving their lives and when she realized what she had to offer as a scholar mattered in ways other acts did not, she returned to the beauty of art and expression. 

There is nothing to dislike about Ukraine and it's people that desired nothing but peace through neutrality. 

She is a magnificent expression of the people of Ukraine and their aspirations to peace, prosperity and humanity.

Every effort to protect Ukrainians and return their homeland is right and just.

Please help American farmers in becoming part of the expertise they need.

June 23, 2023

Engineering assistance (click here) can be obtained from NRCS field offices, area offices, state offices, national centers, and the Conservation Engineering Division in Washington, DC.

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (click here) announced it is ramping up hiring for key positions that will help strengthen agricultural conservation efforts and turn President Biden’s Investing in America agenda into action. The available positions include engineers, civil engineering technicians and natural resource specialists, building on other large-scale hiring announcements earlier this year. The application period for engineer positions is currently open, and engineering technicians and natural resource specialist opportunities will open over the next two weeks.

“Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, we are building a robust workforce with the skills necessary to support communities as they address conservation challenges and respond to increasing extreme weather events fueled by climate change,” said NRCS Chief Terry Cosby. “If you are interested in leveraging your skill in engineering or the agricultural sciences to make a positive impact in your local community, you are exactly the kind of candidate we’re looking for. You would work with farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners, as well as other community members, to address a variety of natural resource conservation challenges and support our country’s investment in a climate-smart future for agriculture.”

Today’s announcement is funded by $19.5 billion from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The new NRCS engineers and engineering technicians will play a critical role in solving a host of natural resource problems for agricultural producers and local communities. Their projects may involve stream restoration, erosion control, developing water systems for livestock, improving and conserving irrigation water and restoring wetlands. They may also help communities recover from natural disasters.

Natural resource specialists perform a variety of duties to help landowners meet their conservation objectives. This may include assisting in the implementation of conservation plans, conducting scientific studies and performing on-site evaluations with customers. Their work enhances conservation program delivery and helps build resilient farms and communities across America....

THIS IS NOT OKAY!

June 22, 2023
By Gabe Hauari

A postal worker (click here) collapsed and died Tuesday while on his route in Dallas amid extreme heat in the area, according to the U.S. Postal Service.

While going door to door during Tuesday’s high temperatures, family members told local outlet Fox 4 Eugene Gates Jr. collapsed in a front yard before a homeowner came outside to perform CPR.

While a cause of death has not yet been determined, the heat index in the Dallas area reached 115 degrees Tuesday. According to NBCDFW, that's the highest in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 1980.

According to the National Weather Service, heat index is a measure of what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with air temperature....

The map above is what is expected to be the high temperatures throughout the country. As the summer progresses it will get higher and higher. Why? Because the first day of summer just occurred on June 21, 2023 at 10:57 AM. The sun is now in the northern hemisphere and traveling back to the equator. The sun will continue to provide heat to Earth and add to the heat it already was exposed to between Spring and Summer. The autumnal equinox occurs on September 23rd. It will be at that point the sun will return to the southern hemisphere where Spring will begin.

There is a reason why the worst hurricanes happens beginning in late August into September. It is because the sun has warmed Earth to a maximum that spins up hurricanes. This year is also El Nino. So the heat this summer will be significant and those out in the heat doing their jobs in order to work and live in the USA will be suffering. 

The death of this postal worker is completely uncalled for and these diligent servants to the public needed protection and planning.

There are options for these folks including ice collars that can help providing their doctors state it is an acceptable method of remaining cool. Otherwise, take the postal workers out of the heat and into air conditioned vehicles.

The climate crisis is expensive. Get used to it.

Everyone is allowed to survive this calamity of the petroleum industry. The petroleum industry needs to be sued for every penny they have for the crimes against humanity it has allowed and is continuing to allow. The petroleum industry is responsible for this postal worker death.