"Pressure Builds For FEMA To Declare Deadly Heat Events As Disasters"
"Proponents say a federal disaster designation could save lives by providing vital services and reimbursing states for being proactive".
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2023
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"Texas Heat Wave Invigorates Calls For Worker Heat Protections"
"When he works at his job as a painter in Texas’s extreme heat, Maynor Alvarez can feel the toll the weather takes on him. He and his colleagues have suffered symptoms from cramps to headaches, feeling like they’re going to throw up. He’s felt his heart racing and needed to take breaks."
Source: The Hill, 06/30/2023
ER Visits and 911 Calls for Heat Illness Spike During Texas Heat Wave
"Record-setting heat in Texas has sent hundreds of people to emergency rooms in recent weeks, according to state health officials."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/28/2023
"40 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today"
"Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard, and the risk of longer and more frequent heat waves is only expected to increase as climate change worsens."
Source: Washington Post, 06/27/2023
"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave"
"A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/22/2023
"Texas Power Use To Break Records In Heat Wave This Week - ERCOT"
"Power use in Texas will break records this week as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape the first heat wave of the 2023 summer season, the state's power grid operator projected on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2023
UN Mulls Limiting Influence of Fossil Fuel Industry at Global Climate Talks
"Politically, a growing number of civic groups, as well as elected officials in several countries, say the growing influence of fossil fuel companies in the climate negotiations threatens the UNFCCC’s fundamental credibility, as well as its ability to help rein in the emissions from burning oil, gas and coal."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2023
"Young Activists Testify At US’s First Constitutional Climate Trial"
"The US’s first-ever trial in a constitutional climate lawsuit kicked off Monday morning in a packed courtroom in Helena, Montana. The case, Held v Montana, was brought in 2020 by 16 plaintiffs between the ages of five and 22 from around the state who allege state officials violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment by enacting pro-fossil fuel policies."
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2023
"Extreme Heat Is Killing Incarcerated Black Folks"
"As we march into what climate scientists predict could be one of the hottest years on record, plenty of us will be cranking up the air conditioning, sitting in front of a fan, or sweating on our front porches. But imagine the torment of trying to find relief by lying on a cold prison floor or cooling off with toilet water."
Source: Word in Black, 06/09/2023
"Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists"
"Parts of the U.S. territory reached a “life-threatening” heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño and climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/08/2023
