"The Long, Slow Drowning of the New Jersey Shore"
"Billions have been spent to protect the beachfront. But inch by inch, water is winning the war."
Source: NYTimes, 08/13/2021
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Two Major Heat Waves Roast Lower 48; 175 Million Americans Under Alerts
"Punishing heat waves are roasting the Pacific Northwest and the central and eastern United States simultaneously, placing more than half of the Lower 48 states under alerts from the National Weather Service. Excessive-heat warnings or heat advisories are in place for nearly 175 million Americans, and some of these alerts will remain in effect until the weekend."
Source: Washington Post, 08/12/2021"Tropical Depression Fred Could Make 'Comeback' Prior To Striking US"
"Tropical Depression Fred was crossing over the large Caribbean island of Hispaniola on Wednesday when it was downgraded from tropical storm status. ... [But it will] skirt just west of Florida this weekend on a path toward landfall in the southeastern United States early next week, potentially making two U.S. landfalls."
Source: AccuWeather, 08/12/2021Sicily Soars To 120 Degrees, Nears Europe All-Time Heat Record
"A weather station in Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Italy recorded a blistering temperature of 119.8 degrees Wednesday, which would establish a new European heat record if verified by the World Meteorological Organization."
Source: Washington Post, 08/12/2021"Huge California Fire Grows; Montana Blaze Threatens Towns"
"California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow Wednesday after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous fires were among some 100 large blazes burning across 15 states, mostly in the West, where historic drought conditions have left lands parched and ripe for ignition."
Source: AP, 08/12/2021"Biden Asked OPEC To Pump More Oil. Is That Climate Denial?"
"On Wednesday, the White House asked the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to pump more oil in hopes of stemming the rise in gas prices in the United States."
Source: HuffPost, 08/12/2021US Climate Official Says Australia’s Climate Targets Are ‘Not Sufficient’
"A senior US climate official has warned Australia’s targets are “not sufficient” and the country should be considering a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, given the urgency of the threat outlined this week in a landmark report."
Source: Guardian, 08/12/2021US Says Syria’s Assad Has Power To Free Journalist Austin Tice
"Syrian President Bashar Assad has the power to free Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing while covering the war there nine years ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday."
Source: McClatchy, 08/12/2021"The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb"
"Charles H. Loeb defied the American military’s denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed."
Source: NYTimes, 08/12/2021"How to Sell ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel That Doesn’t Exist"
"Energy companies are starting to pitch the idea that planet-warming natural gas can be erased by paying villagers to protect forests. Experts can’t make the math work."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/12/2021Climate Change Is a ‘Hammer Hitting Us on the Head,’ -- Developing Nations
"Leaders of vulnerable countries, as well as activists, said Monday’s blistering United Nations report must galvanize global action. But major emitters are dragging their heels."
Source: NYTimes, 08/12/2021Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Funding Climate Programs
"The Senate took a major step early on Wednesday toward enacting a sweeping expansion of the nation’s social safety net, approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint along party lines that would allow Democrats to fund climate change, health care and education measures while increasing taxes on wealthy people and corporations."
Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2021"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill"
"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."
Source: Washington Post, 08/11/2021"United States of Wildfire"
"There’s a forgotten history that should serve as a warning — wildfire isn’t unique to the West. Now the warming climate is increasing the risk of major wildfires across America. And more people are moving to fire-prone areas without realizing the danger."
Source: NPR, 08/11/2021Big Oil Spent $10 Million On Facebook Ads Last Year — To Sell What?
"A new report makes the case that the oil and gas industry is trying to sell you a story — one that casts these companies as paragons of sustainability and seeks to delay policies that would address climate change."
Source: Grist, 08/11/2021
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