ER Visits and 911 Calls for Heat Illness Spike During Texas Heat Wave
"Record-setting heat in Texas has sent hundreds of people to emergency rooms in recent weeks, according to state health officials."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/28/2023
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"Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms"
"Live by the sun, die by the sun. So it goes in Texas, where a surge in solar power generation is helping the state’s primary grid operator navigate an ongoing and stifling heat wave."
Source: E&E News, 06/27/2023
"40 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today"
"Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard, and the risk of longer and more frequent heat waves is only expected to increase as climate change worsens."
Source: Washington Post, 06/27/2023
"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome"
"The Oregon county that includes Portland on Thursday filed a lawsuit against several fossil fuel companies and their business partners in an effort to hold them responsible for a deadly heat wave in 2021."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2023
"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave"
"A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/22/2023
Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India As Death Toll Climbs
"A scorching heat wave in two of India’s most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power, forcing staff to use books to cool patients, as officials investigate a death toll that has reached nearly 170."
Source: AP, 06/20/2023
"White House Sets Fast Pace For Energy, Climate Rules"
"The Interior and Energy departments will spend the coming months trying to cement some of the White House’s critical energy ambitions, ahead of an election year in which Republicans are likely to attack President Joe Biden’s focus on boosting renewables and cutting planet-warming emissions."
Source: E&E News, 06/15/2023
"Here’s How Much Hotter Than Normal This June Has Been"
"Temperatures around the world this month have been at their highest levels in decades for this time of year."
Source: NYTimes, 06/14/2023
"Texas Power Use To Break Records In Heat Wave This Week - ERCOT"
"Power use in Texas will break records this week as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape the first heat wave of the 2023 summer season, the state's power grid operator projected on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2023
UN Mulls Limiting Influence of Fossil Fuel Industry at Global Climate Talks
"Politically, a growing number of civic groups, as well as elected officials in several countries, say the growing influence of fossil fuel companies in the climate negotiations threatens the UNFCCC’s fundamental credibility, as well as its ability to help rein in the emissions from burning oil, gas and coal."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2023
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