Grim Heat And Stressed Grids Make Dangerous Outages Increasingly Likely
"Power grids are dangerously strained, and resulting blackouts could take a deadly toll."
Source: HuffPost, 07/27/2022
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"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
"Explainer: What’s Behind Europe’s Spate Of Deadly Wildfires?"
"Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. And, scientists say, they’re probably going to get worse as climate change intensifies unless countermeasures are taken."
Source: AP, 07/25/2022
"Texas Republicans Make Renewable Energy a Political Punching Bag"
"Texas is on a roll—an energy use roll, that is. This week, amid sweltering temperatures, the power demand on the state’s grid soared to an all-time high on Wednesday, reaching 80,000 megawatts of demand. This marks the eleventh time this demand record has been broken this year alone."
Source: Earther, 07/25/2022
Advocates of Climate Emergency Disappointed by Biden's Small Steps
"Against the backdrop of a hemispheric heat wave, the president used executive authority to help the vulnerable endure broiling temperatures, but did little to address the changing climate driving them."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2022
"Biden Balked Late at Bold Climate Decree After Rush to Get Ready"
"Hours after Senator Joe Manchin delivered a fatal blow to climate change legislation championed by Joe Biden, White House officials began making plans for the president to take matters into his own hands."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/22/2022
"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
"XR Protesters Smash Windows of News UK Over Coverage Of Britain’s Heat"
"Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 07/20/2022
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