America’s Hottest City Is Having a Surge of Deaths | Skyrocketing temperatures are colliding with a lack of planning in Phoenix that is contributing to a rise in heat-related deaths

silence7@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

America’s Hottest City Is Having a Surge of Deaths | Skyrocketing temperatures are colliding with a lack of planning in Phoenix that is contributing to a rise in heat-related deaths

brlemworld@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Good thing our tax dollars are being used to build multi billion dollar chip factories there… /s

Gigan@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Is that true? I’m glad we’re investing in domestic chip production, but why in Phoenix?!?!

mynachmadarch@kbin.social · 7 months ago

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Almost always follow the money. Often the mayors offer insane tax breaks or land finances or something to attract the companies. Ostensibly to bring in more jobs and boost their own economy. Most do not consider the environmental portion, definitely companies don’t.