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Chernobyl plant disconnected from power grid in what Ukraine called an ‘extremely dangerous situation.’

Ukraine’s closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the nation’s power grid by Russian forces, Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo said, potentially jeopardizing the cooling of nuclear fuel still stored at the site. Meanwhile, both Russia and Ukraine announced routes to allow people to leave hard-hit cities.

Redlining means 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, researchers find, 50 years after it ended

Decades of federal housing discrimination continues to disproportionately affect Americans of color, according to an analysis of more than 200 cities published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters. The study found that, compared to White people, Black and Latino Americans live with more smog and fine particulate matter from cars, trucks, buses, coal plants and other nearby industrial sources in areas that were deemed undesirable by federal mortgage officers between the late 1930s and late 1960s.
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One year ago Gasconade County had 1455 confirmed Covid cases with 60 deaths.
Today? 3316 confirmed, with 94 deaths.
Missouri is averaging 313 newly confirmed cases a day, with 1 death per day.
I don’t care what the fuck people say, I’m still going to wear my damn mask.