Jul 08 How discriminatory housing policies of the past are shaping heat waves today in minority and low-income neighborhoods By Ryan Doan-Nguyen, Associated Press In big cities, the heat hits hardest for people of color and low-income residents. Continue reading
Jul 08 World set for week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes more likely By Associated Press As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas, the world is set for another week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes like these more likely. Continue reading
Jul 08 Records continue to tumble as relentless heat wave grips large parts of the country By Ty O'Neil, Christopher Weber, Associated Press A visitor to Death Valley National Park died from heat exposure and another person has been hospitalized as the temperature there reached 128 degrees this weekend. Continue reading
Jul 08 After slamming Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, Beryl is downgraded to a tropical storm By Mark Vancleave, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg urged residents to stay off the roads, reporting that one of its high-water rescue vehicles had been hit by a falling tree while returning from a rescue. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 6:55 Can a tax on livestock emissions help curb climate change? Denmark aims to find out By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn Among greenhouse gases, methane is more harmful than carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat. According to the United Nations, about 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions comes from livestock. Ali Rogin speaks with Ben Lilliston at the Institute for… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 6:21 As climate change threatens island nations, some turn to digitizing their history By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Azhar Merchant As hurricanes grow stronger and more common due to climate change, they raise new threats for island nations — not just to infrastructure, but also to artifacts and documents that help define cultures. Now, two island nations in the Atlantic… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 7:52 AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Google announced this week it is well behind on a pledge to all but eliminate its net carbon emissions by 2030. The company’s greenhouse gas outflow has increased in recent years mainly due to artificial intelligence and the energy required… Continue watching
Jul 04 Over 130 million Americans under alert as ‘extremely dangerous’ heat wave hits Fourth of July By Melina Walling, Associated Press Regions that may see temperatures above 90 degrees or much higher into the triple digits include nearly all of the West Coast, the southern Plains, most of the lower Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and parts of Florida. Continue reading
Jul 04 India likely undercounts heat-related deaths, tempering its response, officials say By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press The worry, public health officials say, is that undercounting the deaths means the heat wave problem isn't as prioritized as it should be, and officials are missing out on ways to prepare their residents for the scorching temperatures. Continue reading
Jul 02 WATCH: Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from potentially deadly heat By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press The Democrat warns as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories that high temperatures are the country's leading weather-related killer. Continue reading