I don't think they should be pushing this if they want to keep their power-grab over the energy sector alive.

Were it true, increased vulcanism would provide a cooling effect that would counteract greenhouse gas warming (or lowered cloud-formation warming which is more realistically what's been going on).

 

Why does Congress even bother to legislate?  We should just let the judges tell us what to do.

What about the volcanoes that aren't under glaciers?  What sets them off?  A lack of virgin sacrifices?

 Camp Mystic disaster plan approved 2 days before flooding: Records
by Filip Timotija - 07/09/25 8:39 AM ET

A disaster plan for Camp Mystic was approved by Texas inspectors just days before devastating flooding killed more than 20 people at the Christian all-girls summer camp, according to records released Tuesday.

The camp, situated in Kerr County, complied with state regulations pertaining to “procedures to be implemented in case of a disaster,” according to Department of State Health Services records obtained by The Associated Press.

Still, Camp Mystic’s evacuation plans were deemed unclear, five reports viewed by the AP revealed.

Since heavy rainfall in Texas’s Hill Country began over the weekend, more than 100 people have been killed by record flooding. Of the 109 deaths reported in the Lone Star State, the camp lost at least 27 children and counselors. Most of those killed were in Kerr County.

More than 160 people have also been reported missing, according to officials.

“There are far more fatalities than there were in Hurricane Harvey. That’s how catastrophic this is,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said at a news conference on Tuesday, referring to the 2017 storm that left just over 100 dead in the state.

Charlotte Lauten, 19 — a former Camp Mystic attendee — said she did not remember ever receiving directives on what steps to take if there was a weather emergency.

“I do know that the counselors go through orientation training for a week before camp starts. They do brief them on all those types of things,” Luten told the AP.

“This is the middle of nowhere and they didn’t have power,” she continued. “It would have been pitch black, like could not see 5 feet in front of you type of darkness. I’ve never seen stars like there because there’s just no light.”

The inspection of the camp by Texas officials, which took place last Wednesday, concluded that the camp met safety and health criteria.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5391459-camp-mystic-disaster-plan-texas-flooding/

 Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ lands in court
by TheHill.com - 07/09/25 8:00 AM ET

President Trump’s signature second-term legislative agenda is hitting the courts.   

His “big, beautiful bill” is a boon for Second Amendment groups, who say it aids their quest to strike down a 91-year-old gun law requiring many Americans to register their firearms. Meanwhile, a judge already intervened to block one provision of the massive package, protecting Planned Parenthood from cuts. 

It has shifted the Trump administration’s legal sagas from a tug of war between the judiciary and the executive to one involving the legislature.

The package’s toplines include key campaign promises like tax breaks for overtime pay and tips and additional funding for immigration enforcement. But packed into the 887-page law is a key change for gun owners.

It zeroes the $200 tax the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) has imposed on the manufacture and transfer of firearm silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns.

The law has long been upheld under Congress’ taxing authority. So, gun rights groups wasted no time heading to court after Trump signed the bill on Independence Day, believing it dissolved the NFA’s constitutional foundation. 

As The National Rifle Association put it, the megabill is the “biggest blow” yet to the NFA.

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https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5390537-trump-big-beautiful-bill-court/