"Nothing To See Here, Folks"
"News outlets continue to ignore climate change in articles about California's record-breaking weather."
Source: HEATED, 09/09/2020
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California Temperatures Break Records, Wildfires Rage
"A record-smashing heat wave sent temperatures in areas across the Bay Area well over 100 degrees Sunday, choking the region with the smoke of weeks’ worth of wildfires and putting more than 2 million customers under the threat of rolling blackouts as the state’s energy grid neared capacity."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/07/2020
House Democrats Demand Climate Be ‘Centerpiece’ Of 2020 Debates
"Dozens of House Democrats are calling for the climate crisis to be a central focus of the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates." "In 2016, debate moderators did not ask a single question about the climate crisis. Dozens of lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again."
Source: HuffPost, 09/03/2020
Calif. To Let 4 Gas Plants Stay Open As Time Runs Low For Climate Action
"State officials threw a lifeline to four fossil fueled power plants along the Southern California coast, deciding the facilities are still needed to provide reliable electricity even as they contribute to the climate crisis."
Source: LA Times, 09/02/2020
"Poor Neighborhoods Feel Brunt Of Rising Heat. Cities Are Mapping Them"
"This summer volunteers are fanning out in 13 cities across the U.S. to — quite literally — take the temperature of their neighborhoods. It's part of a project to help protect people as the world warms, and in many places it's highlighting how the poorest areas suffer most from rising urban heat."
Source: NPR, 08/31/2020
"States Take Action to Curb Oil Industry’s Most Glaring Problem"
"“Routine flaring” from oil wells produces emissions that harm the climate and human health. Two states have proposed new rules to reduce it, just as the true scope of the problem emerges."
Source: The Revelator, 08/28/2020
"Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America"
"STOCKTON, Calif — Work began in the dark. At 4 a.m., Briseida Flores could make out a fire burning in the distance. Floodlights illuminated the fields. And shoulder to shoulder with dozens of others, Ms. Flores pushed into the rows of corn. Swiftly, they plucked. One after the other. First under the lights, then by the first rays of daylight."
Source: NYTimes, 08/26/2020
California Wildfires Kill At Least 4 People As Evacuees Weigh Virus
"At least four people have died as a result of wildfires fueled by a heat wave and a blitz of lightning strikes in [California's] northern areas. The clusters of fires merged into orange infernos that are creeping up on residential areas, turning neighborhoods into ash and smoldering ruins."
Source: CNN, 08/21/2020
Climate Change Hits Colorado With Wildfires, Drought, Record Heat
"Climate change hit home in Colorado this week, exacerbating multiple environmental calamities: wildfires burning across 135,423 acres, stream flows shrinking to where state officials urged limits on fishing, drought wilting crops, and record temperatures baking heat-absorbing cities."
Source: Denver Post, 08/20/2020
Wildfires Rage in California
"Wildfires raced toward populated areas of Northern California's wine country, as dozens of blazes burned in other parts of the state."
Source: CNN, 08/20/2020
