UN children's agency promoted partnership with Gulf state as rights activists highlighted case of girl jailed for 18 years for social media posts when she was 17
and a nascar event that was planned in the city. millions more are at risk of severe weather today, including damaging hail and tornadoes, and up see it in those yellow spots at the center of the map. there s also dangerous heat heading to the west and southwest, especially that gulf area. meteorologist alison chinchar has been following all of this. more man a hundred million people are under the threat for severe weather for today. the threats remain the same, damaging wind, potential for hale and we cannot rule out the possibility for tornadoes. we re talking louisville, washington dc and even down towards atlanta. there s also the potential for some flooding because a lot of these areas had rain yesterday and now we re getting it all over again, especially portions of the midwest and mid atlantic. but even areas of the southeast are likely to pick up additional
SOS Children s Villages International opened an office in the Gulf Area in 2014. Based in Dubai, it services the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), namely the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, the State of Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. SOS Children’s Villages does not directly run any child or youth programmes in these countries.
gases, places like louisiana and texas. yeah, the gulf area, texas and louisiana is ground zero for the climate crisis. the biden administration permitted two dozen new gas terminals in an area where so many people are ill and dying from cancer and respiratory illnesses and heart disease. people of color, poor people, indigenous people and now they re putting two dozen more terminals in. i mean, it s called cancer ally in louisiana where all the refineries and petro chemical companies are. it has to stop. it s not sustainable. we can t keep pumping things out of the scientists are saying cut fossil fuel emissions in half in eight years by 2030. they re hopeful we can do it but we have to light fires which is why i started the jane fonda climate pact because we have to get rid of the elected officials