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☆ The FAA has identified more safety issues on Boeing’s 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Gregory Wallace | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington DC CNN —The Federal Aviation Administration has flagged more safety issues for two troubled families of Boeing planes, the latest in a series of issues at the embattled aircraft maker. The issues involve engine anti-ice systems on the 737 Max and larger 787 Dreamliner. But it’s not a solution.”The FAA said the newly disclosed Max issue could cause the jet’s engines to stop working. The 2021 discovery lines up with the company’s order that year to ground some Max planes because of a different electrical problem. A different issue with the DreamlinerLess than a week after publicly publishing the 737 Max notice, the FAA reported a separate anti-icing issue with the 787 Dreamliner.

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☆ Fenway Farms: On the roof of an iconic sports venue, this urban farm in Boston can grow 6,000 pounds of produce a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Samantha Bresnahan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Boston, Massachusetts CNN —Though home to the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park is known for being green. Spanning a section of what was once an empty black rubber roof, a farm is making Fenway green in a completely different way. “We can produce anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of fresh produce a year, depending on what we’re growing,” Grallert says. A little replica of Fenway Farms also opened at the Boston Children’s Museum last year. Green City estimates roughly 500,000 children and adults encounter Fenway Farms every year.

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But these solutions may be missing something fundamental, according to Partha Dasgupta, an economist at the University of Cambridge. DealBook spoke with Dasgupta about updating economics to account for nature. “Asset management is a very well understood phenomenon,” Dasgupta said. The services of nature are interconnected, and “they can be brought down like a house of cards,” he said. Policymakers often assume that a few tweaks and some human ingenuity will allow for infinite goods and growth; Dasgupta does not.

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☆ Soon, Our Oceans Could Feel Like Jacuzzis - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Diana Nyad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

My childhood was spent in the very waters off the Florida coast that recently registered temperatures in the triple digits. Now they’re no doubt huddled in meetings, contemplating the disaster that will ensue if these uncomfortable water temperatures drive tourists away for good. And Florida is far from the only place where water temperatures are rising. Across the lower latitudes near the Equator, this marine heat wave has been massive. As of late June, it was warm enough to meet the criteria for a marine heat wave.

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☆ Shipping companies brace for harsh winter weather with 'contingency plans' to help gifts arrive on time for the holidays
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Postal Service, will be shipping on average a combined 100 million packages per day this week leading up to Christmas. A blast of Arctic air from Canada is expected to bring “life-threatening” cold to parts of the United States in the lead-up to Christmas, weather forecasters have warned. Postal Service, their workers are ready for harsh weather. “UPS has a team of full-time meteorologists who monitor the weather and help us create contingency plans as winter storms develop. Postal Service said it plans for “various weather issues throughout the year.” The postal service also said its workers have the proper equipment to do their jobs safely.

Tens of thousands of people are scrambling for homeowners insurance in Louisiana at the peak of hurricane season after recent storms drove their carriers out of business. Massive claims from those storms drove large national insurance companies to scale back their coverage and remaining companies to jack up rates. The strategy seemed to work: Rates eventually stabilized, although Louisiana remained one of the most expensive states for homeowners insurance. That pushed the small insurance companies to their financial limits and squeezed reinsurers, who raised their rates. The state insurer’s rolls, which totaled 34,500 in August 2020, ballooned to about 110,000 last week.

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