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#Missouri - Springfield shelter says #homeless face #DangerousHeat with nowhere to go
Manager says gap in services leaves people outside during dangerous temps after shelter closes
By Phil Rodriguez
Published: Aug. 16, 2026#SpringfieldMO (KY3) - "People experiencing homelessness in Springfield are struggling to stay safe during extreme heat, with a daytime shelter saying there are not enough places for people to get out of the heat once its doors close for the day.
"The #VeteransComingHomeCenter gives people experiencing homelessness a few hours each day to come inside, cool down, eat, and get water. But once the shelter closes, many are back outside in the heat with limited options.
"Pastor Mark Glenn, the center’s manager, said he is already seeing the consequences this season.
" 'I’m seeing more cases of #HeatExhaustion. We’ve called an ambulance at least two or three times,' he said.
"During reporting Sunday, a homeless man named Jeff, who had just left the shelter, was found sitting along a sidewalk off Chestnut Expressway. He was only a block from the center and told our reporter that he needed an ambulance.
"Paramedics measured his temperature at 100.4 degrees before transporting him to the hospital."
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #Unhoused #CoolingCenters #HeatDomes
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Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes How #BigTech and #BigOil Work ‘Hand-in-Glove’ to Profit Off #AI
“New research confirms: AI, on sum, is a loser for #GlobalClimate.”
by Jessica Corbett
Aug 11, 2026Excerpt: "Welcoming the study, Clara Vondrich, senior policy counsel for the Climate Program at the watchdog group #PubliCitizen, said that 'this research exposes #BigTech as a lead accomplice to the #FossilFuel industry in ways we never imagined. It’s bad enough that communities are being hammered by rising energy bills as data centers gobble up insane amounts of fossil fuel power, but now we see that those emissions are just a fraction of the #ClimateHarms Big Tech is responsible for.'
" 'To be clear, oil companies are not simply using publicly available AI tools: Big Tech is entering into bilateral contracts with oil companies, and selling them proprietary tools specifically designed for the purpose of accelerating oil production,' Vondrich stressed. “You can’t make this up: Big Tech companies, self-avowed climate champs for decades, are working hand-in-glove with Big Oil to find, dig, and burn more fossil fuels to make a buck.”
" 'AI’s promise as a tool for advancing solutions to the #ClimateCrisis is fading as a cruel reality takes shape: Big tech companies are selling AI to the fossil fuel industry to accelerate our demise so they can turn a profit,' she added. 'These are the perverse outcomes resulting from our rigged market economy: access to cutting-edge AI goes to the highest bidder and Big Oil has some of the deepest pockets in the world. Meanwhile the externalities—runaway climate change manifesting this summer as historic #HeatDomes and fires—are never counted, except as body counts. Today, Big Tech is Big Oil’s number one accomplice.' "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-and-fossil-fuels#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #BigOilKnew #WorldPol #DrillBabyDrill #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism