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Jun 08 2023
News
Is climate change fuelling Canada's wildfires?
Intense wildfires are blazing across Canada with thousands evacuated and smoke blown as far south as the US state of Georgia, creating hazardous air quality for millions.
Canada is projected to see its largest area on record burned by wildfires this year.
The impact is being felt hundreds of miles away, most keenly in Toronto and New York.
"We are now experiencing a new
BBC News
Jun 08 2023
News
Wildfire smoke highlights climate change’s risks
The unusual event, spurred by wildfires in Canada, illustrates the kind of conditions that many may have to deal with on an increasing basis as global warming leads to severe weather and its after-affects. The West Coast in particular is already seeing worsened wildfires due to climate change and is expected to bear the brunt of the problem in the U.S. “It’s a pretty clear climate change
The Hill
May 28 2023
Analysis
Hurricanes and climate change: What's the connection?
Year to year, it's hard to predict how bad a hurricane season will be. But scientists say climate change is making hurricanes worse, specifically when it comes to how destructive they are when hitting land.
Dr. Kristen Corbosiero is Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany. She studies the structure and intensity change of tropical
CBS News (Online)
Jun 01 2023
News
Majority in US agree on climate change — but not on remedies
The vast majority of Americans believe climate change is real, but Republicans and Democrats remain sharply divided when it comes to the severity of the issue and what to do about it.
About 75% of Americans think climate change is happening, according to a recent AP-NORC poll, although Democrats (77%) are significantly more likely than Republicans (29%) to say it’s a very important
NewsNation
Jun 07 2023
News
Canada Wildfires An 'Alarming Example' Of Climate Change: WHouse
Canadian wildfires that have produced a blanket of smog in cities along the US East Coast are an "alarming example of the ways in which the climate crisis is disturbing our lives," the White House said Wednesday.
President Joe Biden was being kept informed of the situation, and called on Americans with fragile health to take proper precautions to protect themselves from air pollution,
Barron's
Jun 04 2023
News
Arizona’s water troubles show how climate change is reshaping the West
It was not a satellite but an airplane, however, that was on Famiglietti’s mind as he picked up his wife at the airport earlier this year: a charter flight of people arriving in Phoenix as part of a major expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., one of Arizona’s premier economic development jewels. This symbol of Arizona’s future brought home the stakes of this moment. “I’m
Washington Post
Jun 08 2023
News
Bernie Sanders asks if wildfire smoke and climate change could be 'psychologically' damaging
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for urgent action to combat the environmental crisis on Thursday, questioning the psychological consequences of climate change on young people. During a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on youth mental health, Sanders advocated the mental health of youth across the nation. His comments came as smoke from Canadian wildfires
Washington Examiner
Jun 03 2023
News
Ireland considering killing 200,000 cows to fight climate change
Government officials in Ireland are considering a plan to kill 200,000 cows to combat climate change, according to reports. There were multiple reports this week that the Irish government was contemplating a plan to cull 200,000 cows within three years to fight climate change. The Irish Mirror stated that "the cows would have to be 'culled' at a cost of €600,000 to taxpayers over the next
The Blaze
Jun 08 2023
Opinion
Smoky New York isn’t climate change — it’s bad forest management
While New Yorkers have become inured to the pungent smell of cannabis smoke wafting through the streets, the Canadian wildfire smoke currently turning the sky orange is taking our tolerance to new levels.
By Wednesday we were registering the worse air pollution of any major city in the world and COVID mask maniacs were back in their element.
But don’t fall for the propaganda
Miranda Devine
May 25 2023
News
Cities And States Are Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change
Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high tides makes many city roads impassable, and water mains for the public drinking water system are corroding from saltwater because of sea level rise. The damage has left the city and county spending millions of dollars on repairs and infrastructure to try to adapt to the
Mississippi Free Press