"As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most"
"When Shakira Franklin drives from West Baltimore to her job near the city's Inner Harbor, she can feel the summer heat ease up like a fist loosening its grip."
Source: NPR, 09/04/2019
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"How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian?"
"The links between hurricanes and climate change are complex, but some aspects are getting clearer."
Source: NY Times, 09/04/2019
In Iowa, Candidates Talk About Farming's Climate Change Connections
"As the Democratic candidates for president made their requisite swing through the Iowa State Fair this week, they stumped near hay bales and posted about it on Twitter. They also brought an unprecedented focus on agriculture's connections with climate change—an issue that's getting more traction among rural Midwestern voters and farmers in the wake of massive flooding and heat waves."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/19/2019
"NASA Scientists Fly Over Greenland To Track Melting Ice"
"ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE OVER GREENLAND — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings."
Source: AP, 08/16/2019
"Republicans Support 'Monumental' Climate Measure For Roads"
"Congress is looking to strengthen the nation's transportation network by making it better able to withstand the effects of climate change, even as government agencies spend billions of dollars to fix roads after natural disasters."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/14/2019
States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule
"A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants. The move could ultimately limit how much leverage future administrations would have to fight climate change by restricting a major source of Earth-warming pollution."
Source: NY Times, 08/14/2019
"Summer in the City Is Hot, but Some Neighborhoods Suffer More"
"As the United States suffers through a summer of record-breaking heat, new research shows that temperatures on a scorching summer day can vary as much as 20 degrees across different parts of the same city, with poor or minority neighborhoods often bearing the brunt of that heat."
Source: NY Times, 08/12/2019
"Fears of 'Chernobyl On Ice' As Russia Prepares Floating Nuclear Plant"
"Russia is planning to dispatch the vessel, its first floating nuclear power station, on a 4,000-mile journey along the Northern Sea Route, in a milestone for the country’s growing use of nuclear power in its plans for Arctic expansion."
Source: Guardian, 08/05/2019
Global Warming Is Pushing Pacific Salmon to the Brink, Scientists Warn
"Pacific salmon that spawn in Western streams and rivers have been struggling for decades to survive water diversions, dams and logging. Now, global warming is pushing four important populations in California, Oregon and Idaho toward extinction, federal scientists warn in a new study."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/30/2019
"Europe’s Heat Wave Is About To Bake The Arctic"
"On Friday, more temperature records are falling in Europe as the historic heat wave that brought the hottest weather ever recorded in Paris, London, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany shifts northward. In a few days, the weather system responsible for the heat wave will stretch all the way across the top of the globe."
Source: Washington Post, 07/29/2019
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