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Karachi heatwave: Hundreds dying every day in financial hub as Pakistan battles brutal summer | The Independent

At least 427 people have died over four days in just one city in Pakistan due to the lethal heatwaves scorching south Asia this summer.

The non-profit Edhi Foundation said it received 427 bodies in four days until Tuesday in Karachi, the country’s biggest city and financial centre.

Source: Karachi heatwave: Hundreds dying every day in financial hub as Pakistan battles brutal summer | The Independent

After EPA Ruling, Environmentalists Deem Supreme Court “No Longer Neutral” – Mother Jones

In a ruling that court observers said was “really extraordinary” and achieved through “a procedural strangeness,” the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal plan to reduce air pollution that blows across state lines.

The 5-4 decision from the court’s conservative justices halts, for now, the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor” rule and its stringent smokestack emissions requirements on power plants and other industrial sources. The court ruled that the EPA failed to “reasonably explain” its policy and placed it on hold pending the outcome of more than a dozen lawsuits.

Environmental advocates said the decision will leave millions of people breathing dirtier air this summer. They also worry that future challenges to federal policies could similarly “short-circuit the normal process of judicial review” by appealing directly to the Supreme Court.

“What this shows me is that this court is no longer neutral in cases involving environmental regulations,” Sam Sankar, senior vice president for programs at Earthjustice, told reporters on Thursday. “It’s actively skeptical of EPA and new environmental regulations.”

Source: After EPA Ruling, Environmentalists Deem Supreme Court “No Longer Neutral” – Mother Jones

(1) Gang leaders in Haiti say ready for war as Kenyan police prepare to deploy • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

Haiti’s gangs say they are gearing up for war as hundreds of police officers from Kenya prepare to deploy in upcoming days. Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as it welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country.

(1) US removes Gaza aid pier due to rough seas, prompts delivery concerns • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

The pier built by the US military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the US is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, US officials said Friday. While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard and that area is almost full.