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The article discusses the potential dangers of climate change on nuclear weapons facilities and nuclear waste storage sites. It highlights recent incidents where wildfires threatened these facilities, raising concerns about the lack of preparedness for such events. The article also mentions other nuclear sites around the world that are at risk from wildfires and other climate-related disasters. Additionally, it warns about the potential risks of nuclear power plants being affected by floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts. The author emphasizes the need for nuclear facilities to develop resiliency mechanisms and for greater collaboration and support among operators. [Extracted from the article]

The expansion of the 1990s began with such unexpectedly slow employment growth that commentators called it the 'jobless recovery.' As the economy now begins to expand after the most recent recession, will employment follow the typical path of most postwar recoveries, or will it repeat the pattern of the 1990s? A look at trends in employment, unemployment, and the labor force participation rate reveals important similarities with the jobless recovery. That said, one feature that stands out is an unusually low level of labor force participation, which suggests the recovery might be better characterized as 'jobseekerless.', It seems to be 1992 all over again, with the labor market stalled and unlikely to move higher soon. 'Jobless Rccovcry: thc Sequel,' CNN/Money, October 3, 2002, Mark Gongloff The [...]