"Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat"
"Power outages are just the start. Aging policies and infrastructure are making drinking water vulnerable to extreme weather."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 02/25/2021
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How Texas Froze: Neglect Of Grid And Climate Warnings Set The Stage
"State officials’ repeated failure to act on deeply researched advice for averting grid catastrophes paralleled Texas’ years-long non-response to experts’ warnings about the dangers of climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2021
"Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen"
"Even as Texas struggled to restore electricity and water over the past week, signs of the risks posed by increasingly extreme weather to America’s aging infrastructure were cropping up across the country."
Source: NYTimes, 02/22/2021
"Biden’s Plea to Remake Grid Gets a Boost on Texas Power Crisis"
"Energy analysts and experts said the blackouts in Texas underscore the U.S. electric system’s need for more of almost everything, from additional power lines criss-crossing the country to large-scale storage systems that can supply electricity when demand spikes or renewable generation declines."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/18/2021
"Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold"
"Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn’t be counted on to reliably churn out electricity in bitterly cold conditions a decade ago, when the last deep freeze plunged 4 million people into the dark."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/18/2021
"How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves"
Public relations operatives for a gas company posed as neighbors to convince Californians to stick with gas stoves.
Source: Mother Jones, 02/17/2021
"California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season: Study"
"California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it did decades ago, prolonging the state’s destructive wildfire season into November, the American Geophysical Union said on Thursday, citing new research."
Source: Reuters, 02/05/2021
Warming Oceans: Scientists Say California Crab Fishers Must Diversify
"A study of the 2014 marine heat wave suggests that fishermen who turn to other species will fare better in future climate disruptions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/02/2021
"Heat Killed A Record Number Of People In Arizona Last Year'"
"The number of heat-related deaths in Arizona soared to a new high last year as people endured the hottest summer on record and the complications of the pandemic."
Source: Arizona Republic, 02/02/2021
"Firefighters Battle an Unseen Hazard: Their Gear Could Be Toxic"
"This week, in a first, firefighters are demanding independent testing for cancer-linked chemicals known as PFAS in their gear and that their union drop sponsorships from chemical and equipment makers."
"Every day at work for 15 years, Sean Mitchell, a captain in the Nantucket Fire Department, has put on the bulky suit that protects him from the heat and flames he faces on the job. But last year, he and his team came across unsettling research: Toxic chemicals on the very equipment meant to protect their lives could instead be making them gravely ill.
Source: NYTimes, 02/02/2021
