Mastodawn

Excessive heat:
Storing children and dogs in cars
Exposing workers to heat stroke
Roasting livestock in paddocks

* "Prison and fines for leaving dogs in hot cars among proposed changes to NSW animal welfare laws. The legislation will also focus on owners who travel with dogs on the back of utes...On a 30 degree Celsius day, the interior of a parked car could reach 70°C..." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/prison-fines-for-leaving-dogs-in-hot-car-under-nsw-law-changes/106242130

* Working in excessive heat - Is there a set maximum temperature for workers?
"Calls for an industry-standard heat policy to be implemented on worksites as summers get hotter" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-19/calls-for-industry-standard-heat-policy-on-worksites/106234134

* "Forgotten baby syndrome" - "Number of children left in cars increasing. Children being left alone in cars had become more common, with about 5,000 children rescued from locked cars across Australia each year." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-12/fatal-distraction-children-left-in-cars-it-can-happen-to-anyone/102814668

* 100 cattle die in southern NSW heatwave >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115902861249815501

#FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #heatwaves #HotPlanet #children #workers #pets #dogs #welfare #cars #utes #motorists #autopilot #heatstroke #mortality #regulation #governance #HeatPolicies #workers #OHS #HeatStress #Heatstroke #CompanionSpecies #habitability

Image: Dog on the back of a ute, tied up on a hot metal tray, Mid North Coast, NSW

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Ehay2k Dec 24

@chromblitzen

While the Chevy El Camino and its Ford rival, the Ranchero (and also its predecessor the Falcon utility pickup) are somewhat rare in the US, vehicles like this are common in #australia - called Utes there - and I am jealous.

Utes are very practical, more fun to drive than a truck, and have no need for step rails or running boards.

Also, is that a PT Cruiser convertible to the left!?!
#utes #elcamino #ranchero #FordFalcon

ClareBear 💚

Dec 12

https://thekowhai.substack.com/p/theres-a-trucking-big-problem-on?publication_id=2124652&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=f8a6 #nzpol #trucks #utes #SUV #Climate

There's a trucking big problem on the roads.

New Zealand's love affair with the ute must come to an end.

The Kōwhai

Jason Stiff Dec 6

Any day that the Bobcats and Grizzlies win AND BYU loses is a great Caturday Saturday for this Montana boy and University of Utah graduate! Fantastic job Montana State and Montana! 🏈🏈

#MontanaState #Bobcats #Montana #Grizzlies #Caturday #Saturday #Utah #Utes #football