"Federal Office Focused On Climate Change And Health Has Zero Funding"
"Congress has not yet funded the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity at the Department of Health and Human Services".
Source: Washington Post, 07/29/2022
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"Extended Triple-Digit Heat Suspected In 4 Deaths In Oregon"
"Triple-digit heat was being investigated Thursday as the cause of death for four people in Oregon as a sweltering heat wave enveloped the Pacific Northwest — and the forecast showed no sign of letting up soon in a region unaccustomed to such temperatures."
Source: AP, 07/29/2022
Wildfire Pollution May Play Surprising Role in Fate of Arctic Sea Ice
"Scientists say changes in the amounts of wildfire smoke mixing with clouds over the Arctic Ocean may play a key role in determining how fast the Arctic sea ice cover will shrink during the next few decades, and when it will disappear completely in summer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/28/2022
"Temperatures Could Hit Triple Digits Again In Northwest"
"Heat wave duration records could be broken in the Pacific Northwest this week and authorities are expanding capacity at some cooling centers as temperatures near triple digits are forecast to extend into the weekend."
Source: AP, 07/28/2022
"Federal Government Fires Up Website All About Heat"
"The Biden administration unveiled a website on Tuesday to help Americans stay safe from extreme heat, as scorching temperatures continued to grip portions of the country."
Source: NYTimes, 07/27/2022
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
"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
