"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
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"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
"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2022
Warming Risks Most Cataclysmic Extinction Of Marine Life In 250M Years
"Global heating is causing such a drastic change to the world’s oceans that it risks a mass extinction event of marine species that rivals anything that’s happened in the Earth’s history over tens of millions of years, new research has warned."
Source: Guardian, 04/29/2022
"Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
"A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says."
Source: AP, 04/28/2022
"Biden Administration Allows Additional Natural Gas Exports"
"The Biden administration is allowing for additional natural gas exports after Russia shut off gas to two of the U.S.’s NATO allies."
Source: The Hill, 04/28/2022
"Record Heat Has Gripped India Since March. It’s About To Get Worse."
"Temperatures in India remain high amid ongoing heat waves that have plagued the country with dry, sweltering weather since early spring. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that its March maximum temperatures were the highest in nearly a century and a quarter, and rainfall was only running about a quarter to a third of normal."
Source: Washington Post, 04/26/2022
"Climate Toll On Arctic Bases: Sunken Runways, Damaged Roads"
"U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon’s watchdog office said Friday."
Source: AP, 04/18/2022
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