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The art of hydrant jerking

Water department workers make sure that when the fire department opens a hydrant, something comes out.

Chicago Sun-Times

UK offshore wind at ‘tipping point’ as funding crisis threatens industry

Industry figures warn climate crisis goals cannot be met unless government pumps more money into renewables

The Guardian - UK

Repeal of two laws enacted by BJP government in State sought

Commending the Congress government in the State for repealing the Karnataka APMC (Amendment) Act 2020, president of Citizen For Democracy (CFD) S.R. Hiremath has demanded that the government repeal two more legislation, the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment Act 2020 and the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Prevention of Cattle Act…

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Fired up: Girls become firefighters for a day at Girls Inc., Chicago Fire Department event

The organization hopes to expose girls to nontraditional careers and show them that they can succeed in male-dominated fields.

Chicago Sun-Times

Like-minded organisations to come together to chalk out plan to defeat the BJP and Sangh Parivar

CFD, JMM and other orgs join forces to defeat BJP/Sangha Parivar in upcoming elections. Conventions in Pune and Delhi to formulate people's movement, based on Sharanas/Sufi saints. CFD demands repeal of APMC, Land Reforms and Cattle Acts. All India Anubhav Mantap in Bengaluru to discuss democratic agitations.

The Hindu

Wind tunnel testing next step for Supercars

The series continues to deal with its latest parity war amid what is effectively now a 16-race winning streak for the Chevrolet Camaro.

Motorsport

City’s first responders gear up for NASCAR

The closing of major thoroughfares for the stock car race in Grant Park will present challenges in getting patients quickly to area hospitals.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Fire destroys vacant East Side church

A 911 caller noticed smoke before dawn Sunday at the former Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church at 10310 S. Avenue H.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson tells CFD grads he’s ‘committed to investing in the work that you do’

In his first firefighter graduation ceremony as mayor, Brandon Johnson told the graduates that leaders in “my administration are also here to support you and to lift you up in your service.”

Chicago Sun-Times

POC Propel Sunglasses review: Great visuals, and some free watts too

POC is the first to aero optimise your sunglasses

Cycling News

Trading platforms sell the dream of making big money fast. The reality can be far more brutal

With wages stagnating, people are turning to complex financial products known as CFDs, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers review bidding process for funding new renewable energy projects

Government wants to create more green jobs in response to Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act package

The Guardian - UK

Crowd mourns CFD Lt. Jan Tchoryk. ‘His life was all about service.’

Tchoryk died battling a blaze in a Gold Coast high-rise April 5. He was one of two Chicago Fire Department members who died on the job last week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Visitation held for CFD lieutenant who died battling Lake Shore Drive high-rise blaze

Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, was an outdoorsman and a Navy veteran who served in Desert Storm, fire officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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3 dead after scaffolding collapse at construction site near Uptown Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three construction workers are dead after falling about 70 feet when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site near Uptown Charlotte and Dilworth on Monday morning, MEDIC and Charlotte Fire said.

Chicago Tribune

Moms, rejected applicants decry new Chicago Fire Department exam procedures that shrink testing pool for city firefighters

CHICAGO — Retired Chicago first responder Monica Davis said she and her son Eulice thought he’d have a leg up in landing a job as a Chicago firefighter-EMT during an upcoming exam thanks to city rules aimed at giving a preference to young city residents. City rules give preference in…

The Guardian - UK

Two ways to ensure a level playing field for carbon-intensive imports

Letters: Charles Secrett on a carbon tax and the climate ecology bill, and Johnny Gowdy on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s apparent conversion to the green cause

Chicago Sun-Times

Embattled Gardiner gives up Fire Department promotion to seek 2nd term on City Council

“My heart is still with the Chicago Fire Department. But my heart and my devotion lies with residents of the 45th Ward, a community that helped raise me,” Ald. Jim Gardiner said, though he objected to being forced to choose.

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Lightfoot accused of scrapping CFD promotion list to punish controversial City Council member

Ald. Jim Gardiner — a Chicago firefighter on a leave of absence — is accusing the mayor, with whom he has clashed repeatedly, of scrapping a CFD promotion list because he was second in line to be promoted to lieutenant.

The Guardian - UK

British Gas owner plans to cap profits to cut energy bills

Exclusive: Centrica chief tells the Guardian he is keen for it to sign up to new contracts with government on electricity generation

Chicago Sun-Times

Route 66 Classic Car Show gears up for Ogden Avenue in Lawndale on Sunday

“We really try to hold to the Route 66 theme and try to have something that’s quaint, elegant for our community,” said founder Drewone Goldsmith.

The Independent UK

Why are wind farms making massive profits because gas prices have soared?

Experts have called for the price of power made by wind turbines to be split from the cost of gas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Girls gear up to be firefighters for a day — and take steps toward a possible career path

Girls Inc. of Chicago’s summer camp members visit Quinn Fire Academy to get hands-on training from pros.

Birmingham Post

Strike price agreed for North Wales tidal energy project

Morlais Magallanes GR3 has agreed a deal for the UK overnment to pay £178.54 per MW of energy for its project off the coast of Anglesey.

Insider UK

Scottish renewables success in latest auction round

93 projects with existing planning permission have won contracts through the competitive process

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