"Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study"
"Extreme heat events, on the rise due to climate change, are associated with higher overall adult death rates across the U.S., a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 05/20/2022
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"UN Floats Plan To Boost Renewables As Climate Worries Mount"
"The United Nations chief on Wednesday launched a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies, hoping to revive world attention on climate change as the U.N.’s weather agency said greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification reached record highs last year."
Source: AP, 05/19/2022
"Climate Change Swells Odds Of Record India, Pakistan Heatwaves"
"Climate change makes record-breaking heatwaves in northwest India and Pakistan 100 times more likely, a Met Office study finds."
Source: BBC News, 05/19/2022
"Vast Swath of US at Risk of Summer Blackouts, Regulator Warns"
"A vast swath of North America from the Great Lakes to the West Coast is at risk of blackouts this summer as heat, drought, shuttered power plants and supply-chain woes strain the electric grid."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 05/19/2022
"U.N. Secretary General Asks Countries To Ease Barriers To Green Energy"
"The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday called for a global coalition to speed the deployment of battery technology, urging countries to ease intellectual property constraints to hasten the transition from fossil fuels and combat climate change."
Source: Reuters, 05/18/2022
"Oceans Are Hotter, Higher And More Acidic, Climate Report Warns"
"The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments."
Source: Reuters, 05/18/2022
"Poor Workers Bear The Brunt Of India's Heatwave"
"Labourers on construction sites are falling sick due to extreme heat - but when they can't work, they lose income, which makes it hard to afford enough to eat".
Source: Reuters, 05/16/2022
"Coming This Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts"
"Electricity prices are rising in much of the country at the same time that climate change is contributing to extreme heat and a high chance of blackouts this summer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/12/2022
‘Forever Chemicals’ May Have Polluted 20M Acres of US Cropland: Study
"About 20m acres of cropland in the United States may be contaminated from PFAS-tainted sewage sludge that has been used as fertilizer, a new report estimates."
Source: Guardian, 05/11/2022
"Strong Winds Batter New Mexico, Complicating Wildfire Fight"
"Dangerous, gusty winds were expected to continue Monday across northeast New Mexico, complicating the fight against wildfires that threaten thousands of homes in mountainous rural communities."
Source: AP, 05/09/2022
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