"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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"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
"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
"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
"Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer"
"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations. On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2021
Climate-Driven Extreme Heat Threatens $500 Bln In New U.S. Costs By 2050
"Threats to agriculture, construction and service workers could cause hefty annual setbacks to the U.S. economy - and more deaths - by mid-century, researchers warn".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/03/2021
"Climate Change Will Hit Racial Minorities Harder, Analysis Finds"
"Racial minorities in the United States will bear a disproportionate burden of the negative health and environmental impacts from a warming planet, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, including more deaths from extreme heat and property loss from flooding in the wake of sea-level rise."
Source: AP, 09/03/2021
"Killer Heat Forces Cities to Adapt Now or Suffer"
"Climate change abruptly gripped North America’s Pacific Coast at the start of summer, setting new heat records by staggering margins across the region’s cities and towns. ... The sudden and extreme heat disaster — matched by other recent heat waves in the Southeastern U.S., Northern Africa, Western Asia, Japan, and Europe — means many temperate cities are in for significantly warmer conditions."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 09/01/2021
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