"Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers"
"As climate change amplifies the health risks of extreme heat and pollution from wildfires, researchers scramble to protect farmworkers."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/22/2021
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U.N. Chief, UK PM Increase Pressure On Leaders For Climate Change Funds
"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged leaders of the world's major economies including the United States to deliver on their commitments toward a $100 billion per year climate fund with less than six weeks to go before a U.N. climate summit."
Source: Reuters, 09/21/2021
"Biden Confronts Extreme Heat, A Silent Climate Killer"
"President Biden launched a government-wide strategy Monday to combat extreme heat, including the development of new federal labor standards aimed at protecting workers from the impact of rising temperatures linked to climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 09/21/2021
"UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic Pathway’ With Current Climate Pledges"
"The global average temperature will rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by century’s end even if all countries meet their promised emissions cuts, a rise that is likely to worsen extreme wildfires, droughts and floods, the United Nations said in a report on Friday."
Source: NYTimes, 09/20/2021
"House Panel Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation by Oil Giants"
"The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as the lobby groups American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of Commerce, to testify before Congress next month."
Source: NYTimes, 09/17/2021
Greatest Killer in New Orleans Wasn’t the Hurricane. It Was the Heat
"A huge power failure after Hurricane Ida left vulnerable residents in sweltering apartments for days. At least 10 deaths in the city have been tied to the heat."
Source: NYTimes, 09/16/2021
"This Summer Tied The Dust Bowl For The Hottest On Record In US"
"The summer of 2021, which produced numerous extreme weather and climate disasters, was also the hottest on record in the US and tied with the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: CNN, 09/10/2021
"Prized Trout Streams Shrink As Heat, Drought Grip US West"
"The North Platte River in southern Wyoming has been so low in places lately that a toddler could easily wade across and thick mats of olive-green algae grow in the lazy current."
Source: AP, 09/07/2021
"Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer"
"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations. On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2021
Climate-Driven Extreme Heat Threatens $500 Bln In New U.S. Costs By 2050
"Threats to agriculture, construction and service workers could cause hefty annual setbacks to the U.S. economy - and more deaths - by mid-century, researchers warn".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/03/2021
