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"Kigali Climate Treaty Clears Senate Hurdle"

"The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday afternoon before moving to ratify the international climate deal to phase down the use of potent greenhouse gases stemming from refrigerants and air conditioning units."

Source: E&E News, 09/21/2022

"Why Heat Wave Warnings Are Falling Short In The U.S."

"In July 1995, weather reports in Chicago started warning residents about an incoming heat wave. It was going to be hot — around 100 degrees — but nothing that was unheard of for a Chicago summer. That heat wave turned out to be one of the deadliest in recorded U.S. history."

Source: NPR, 09/14/2022

"UN Sums Up Climate Science: World Heading In Wrong Direction"

"With weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is “heading in the wrong direction,” the United Nations says in a new report that pulls together the latest science on climate change."

Source: AP, 09/14/2022

"‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 Climate Report Warned Of Extreme Weather"

"Record high temperatures in urban Europe as heat waves bake the planet more often. Devastating floods, some in poorer unprepared areas. Increasing destruction from hurricanes. Drought and famine in poorer parts of Africa as dry spells worsen across the globe. Wild weather worldwide getting stronger and more frequent, resulting “in unprecedented extremes.”"

Source: AP, 09/14/2022

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