"Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous"
"Exposure to extreme heat in cities has tripled since the 1980s, putting more people in harm's way."
Source: Earther, 10/05/2021
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Op-Ed: "Migration Will Soon Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of Our Time"
As heat, rising seas and drought render swaths of the planet uninhabitable, millions, if not billions of people may eventually have to relocate to terrain in the latitudes best suited to survival. The toughest challenge that lies before us isn’t reducing emissions, it’s relocating people. Neither the IPCC nor any other agency is currently empowered to address this fundamental question of human geography."
Source: Financial Times, 10/04/2021
"Love The National Parks? Get Ready For Them To Heat Up"
"Glaciers vanishing in Glacier National Park. Sand dunes blowing away at White Sands in New Mexico. Wildfire smoke obscuring the Tetons, flames licking at the sequoias near their namesake park, Joshua trees dying out in their namesake park. These are just some of the ways that global heating is reshaping America’s public lands."
Source: LA Times, 09/24/2021
"Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers"
"As climate change amplifies the health risks of extreme heat and pollution from wildfires, researchers scramble to protect farmworkers."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/22/2021
U.N. Chief, UK PM Increase Pressure On Leaders For Climate Change Funds
"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged leaders of the world's major economies including the United States to deliver on their commitments toward a $100 billion per year climate fund with less than six weeks to go before a U.N. climate summit."
Source: Reuters, 09/21/2021
"Biden Confronts Extreme Heat, A Silent Climate Killer"
"President Biden launched a government-wide strategy Monday to combat extreme heat, including the development of new federal labor standards aimed at protecting workers from the impact of rising temperatures linked to climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 09/21/2021
"UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic Pathway’ With Current Climate Pledges"
"The global average temperature will rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by century’s end even if all countries meet their promised emissions cuts, a rise that is likely to worsen extreme wildfires, droughts and floods, the United Nations said in a report on Friday."
Source: NYTimes, 09/20/2021
"House Panel Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation by Oil Giants"
"The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as the lobby groups American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of Commerce, to testify before Congress next month."
Source: NYTimes, 09/17/2021
Greatest Killer in New Orleans Wasn’t the Hurricane. It Was the Heat
"A huge power failure after Hurricane Ida left vulnerable residents in sweltering apartments for days. At least 10 deaths in the city have been tied to the heat."
Source: NYTimes, 09/16/2021
"This Summer Tied The Dust Bowl For The Hottest On Record In US"
"The summer of 2021, which produced numerous extreme weather and climate disasters, was also the hottest on record in the US and tied with the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: CNN, 09/10/2021
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