"Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live"
"Some Hurricane Ida survivors may have no choice but to leave. Sooner or later, people across the country will be in the same bind."
Source: Atlantic, 09/06/2021
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Kerry Urges China To Cut Emissions; China Seeks Easing Of Solar Sanctions
"U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry said Friday he hopes Beijing will agree to cut carbon emissions faster to address the climate crisis, as he wrapped up talks in which Chinese officials pressed for American concessions in other areas that have strained relations."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2021
"Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida"
"Behind a playground littered with downed tree branches, Shell’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana spewed black smoke from its stacks. The smell of rotten eggs, the signature scent of sulphur emissions, lingered in the air. In an effort to burn off toxic chemicals before and after Hurricane Ida, many industrial facilities sent the gases through smoke stacks topped with flares."
Source: Guardian, 09/06/2021
"Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida"
"The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida."
Source: AP, 09/06/2021
Will A Summer of Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good
"A $3.5 trillion budget bill is faltering in the Senate, and in America at large, well, as one expert put it: “It’s really hard to get people to change their way of life.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/06/2021
In California, the World’s Largest Battery Storage System Gets Even Larger
"The largest battery storage facility in the world, located along Monterey Bay in California, has completed an expansion, demonstrating how storage systems can exist on a gigantic scale and can easily expand."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2021
"Climate Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Towns"
"Repeated shocks from hurricanes, fires and floods are pushing some rural communities, already struggling economically, to the brink of financial collapse."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2021
Climate-Driven Extreme Heat Threatens $500 Bln In New U.S. Costs By 2050
"Threats to agriculture, construction and service workers could cause hefty annual setbacks to the U.S. economy - and more deaths - by mid-century, researchers warn".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/03/2021
"Pennsylvania’s Carbon Plan Clears Last Regulatory Hurdle"
"The centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change passed its last regulatory hurdle Wednesday, in a hard-fought bid to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy."
Source: AP, 09/03/2021
NYC's Subway Flooding Not Fluke, But Reality For Cities In Warming World
"Global warming is driving dangerous and disruptive flooding in underground rail systems around the world. Flooded tunnels and stations have disrupted service and stranded passengers in Boston, London, San Francisco, Taipei, Bangkok, Washington, D.C., and a host of other cities in recent years."
Source: NPR, 09/03/2021
