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Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune / Originally published on May 14, 2021 11:00 am As Texas braces for its notoriously scorching summer temperatures, the state House agreed to install air conditioning in dozens of uncooled prisons within seven years — but only if lawmakers specifically set aside money for it. On Thursday night, the Texas House initially passed a bill that would require all Texas lockups to be cooled over a seven-year span, capping costs at $300 million. But the state prison agency would only have to abide by the measure if lawmakers also agree to specifica...

Credit: Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As Texas braces for its notoriously scorching summer temperatures, the state House agreed to install air conditioning in dozens of uncooled prisons within seven years — but only if lawmakers specifically set aside money for it. On Thursday night, the Texas House initially passed a bill that would require all Texas lockups to be cooled over a seven-year span, capping costs at $300 million. But the state prison agency would ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Smoke may be seen in the Byfield, Lake Mary, Rossmoya, and neighbouring areas during May as annual hazard reduction and conservation management programs are undertaken. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships will be conducting planned ground and aerial burning within Byfield National Park and state forest during the month. Smoke may be visible as fire moves within hazard recution containment lines. QPWS said the aim of the burning was to reduce the volume of forest fuels and create a mosaic pattern of burnt and unburnt areas. “This will help r...

Incarcerated people respond to pandemics, wildfires, avian flu outbreaks, mudslides and more. Image credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Interview April 23, 2021 Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic swept through nursing homes, exhausted medical supplies and sent the country into lockdown, prison officials gave incarcerated people their marching orders: Manufacture hand sanitizer, sew face masks, transport dead bodies, dig graves.  The workers toiled in crowded factories, overflowing morgues and inside their own prisons, where they often lacked access to essent...

Wine producers warn future crops are at risk of smoke taint from hazard reduction burns MarMarch 2021 at 8:00pm Tom Ward has had a bumper crop this year after losing it to smoke taint in 2020. ( Share Print text only Cancel A year after many New South Wales winegrowers lost their crops to smoke taint, they are now warning hazard reduction burns, which should protect them, could pose a new threat. Key points: Researchers say there's little to no value in smoke-affected grapes Smoke taint cost the wine industry about $40 million after the 2019-20 bushfires The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) call...