"Rise In Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest"
"Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead, Fla., another disaster looms."
Source: E&E News, 08/16/2022
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"As Temperatures Rise, Industries Fight Heat Safeguards For Workers"
"Extreme heat is making work more dangerous. But beyond the West Coast, the fight to protect workers faces head winds."
Source: Washington Post, 08/10/2022
"Billions in Feds’ Spending on Megafire Risks Seen as Misdirected"
"Congress is spending billions to save communities from Western megafires by thinning large swaths of forests even as scientists say climate change-driven drought and heat are too extreme for it to work. The money would be better spent thinning woods closest to homes and shoring up houses against embers raining down from firestorms, according to academics, former agency officials, and others who study wildfires."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/09/2022
"Study Connects Climate Hazards To 58% Of Infectious Diseases"
"Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says."
Source: AP, 08/09/2022
Scientists Say It’s ‘Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes
"As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, some climate scientists say it’s time to start paying more attention to the most extreme, worst-case outcomes, including the potential for widespread extinctions, mass climate migration and the disintegration of social and political systems."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2022
"Federal Government Fires Up Website All About Heat"
"The Biden administration unveiled a website on Tuesday to help Americans stay safe from extreme heat, as scorching temperatures continued to grip portions of the country."
Source: NYTimes, 07/27/2022
"Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us"
"It keeps happening. Every summer, unprecedented heat surges through cities across the United States—in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; and in Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Last week, a heat wave melted records in Texas with unrelenting highs well into the 100s for days."
Source: TIME, 07/26/2022
"War and Warming Upend Global Energy Supplies and Amplify Suffering"
"Deadly heat and Russia’s war in Ukraine are packing a brutal double punch, upending the global energy market and forcing some of the world’s largest economies into a desperate scramble to secure electricity for their citizens."
Source: NYTimes, 07/21/2022
"Extreme Heat Prompts Alerts In 28 States As Texas, Oklahoma Hit 115"
"Extreme temperatures haunted two continents on Wednesday, with more than 100 million people in the United States facing excessive heat conditions and a heat wave that had scorched Western Europe taking aim at Central Europe."
Source: Washington Post, 07/21/2022
"Biden Cites Climate Threat, Stops Short of Declaring Emergency"
"President Joe Biden called climate change an “existential threat” and unveiled new policies to fight its effects -- including opening additional offshore areas to wind farms -- after Senator Joe Manchin’s objections halted broader legislation to curb rising temperatures."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/21/2022
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