"Poor Workers Bear The Brunt Of India's Heatwave"
"Labourers on construction sites are falling sick due to extreme heat - but when they can't work, they lose income, which makes it hard to afford enough to eat".
Source: Reuters, 05/16/2022
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"Coming This Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts"
"Electricity prices are rising in much of the country at the same time that climate change is contributing to extreme heat and a high chance of blackouts this summer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/12/2022
"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2022
"Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
"A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says."
Source: AP, 04/28/2022
"Climate Toll On Arctic Bases: Sunken Runways, Damaged Roads"
"U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon’s watchdog office said Friday."
Source: AP, 04/18/2022
Drought, Wildfires Pose New Threats To California Water Supply
"Already diminished by drought and extreme heat, California’s water supply will face yet another peril as wildfires continue to incinerate ever larger areas of forested land, according to new research."
Source: LA Times, 02/22/2022
"Extreme Heat In Oceans ‘Passed Point Of No Return’ In 2014"
"Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research."
Source: Guardian, 02/03/2022
"Measuring Climate Change: It’s Not Just Heat, It’s Humidity"
"When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds."
Source: AP, 02/01/2022
Winter Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4Bn Over Snowstorm
"Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor".
Source: Floodlight/Oklahoma Watch, 01/20/2022
"Health Risks of Smoke and Ozone Rise in the West as Wildfires Worsen"
"Simultaneous high levels of the two pollutants, which harm human health, are occurring with increasing frequency, researchers say."
"Dangerous levels of two air pollutants, ozone and smoke, are occurring in tandem with increasing frequency over widespread parts of the Western United States where millions of people live, researchers said Wednesday.
The two harmful pollutants are a result of worsening wildfires and extreme heat, and researchers suggest the increase is linked to climate change.
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2022
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