Climate Change

NYC's Subway Flooding Not Fluke, But Reality For Cities In Warming World

"Global warming is driving dangerous and disruptive flooding in underground rail systems around the world. Flooded tunnels and stations have disrupted service and stranded passengers in Boston, London, San Francisco, Taipei, Bangkok, Washington, D.C., and a host of other cities in recent years."

Source: NPR, 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

"43 Die as Deadliest Storm Since Sandy Devastates the Northeast"

"Three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, its weakened remnants tore into the Northeast and claimed at least 43 lives across New York, New Jersey and two other states in an onslaught that ended Thursday and served as an ominous sign of climate change’s capacity to wreak new kinds of havoc."

Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2021
September 14, 2021

Climate and Concern: COP26 and Global Public Opinion

Join the Pew Research Center and a panel of distinguished experts on the opening day of the UN General Assembly for an exploration of new international polling data on global views of climate change and confidence in the international community to address it. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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Drought And Climate Change Spur Roundups of U.S. Wild Horses

"Across the U.S. West this summer, helicopters buzz low, herding thousands of wild horses into gated areas. The roundups, made necessary by the devastating effects of wildfire and drought, show how climate change is endangering the iconic wild horses, livestock and other wildlife, according to ranchers, activists and the U.S. government."

Source: Reuters, 09/02/2021

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