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Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records
This article discusses how climate change is affecting everyone.
Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought in Europe has turned verdant land barren, while people in Japan and Korea are […]
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As disease-bearing ticks head north, weak government response threatens public health
This article discusses climate change, ticks, and disease.
The CDC says rising temperatures are to blame for the tripling of mosquito-, tick- and flea-borne illnesses from 2004 to 2016, but Maine’s governor, a climate skeptic, is tying health officials’ hands.
Deerticks have brought a surge of Lyme disease in Maine over […]
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Climate change will increase heatwave-related deaths by up to 2,000 percent by 2080
This article discusses a study that shows how climate change will cause extreme heat waves that will affect everyone on this planet, killing many.
Future heatwaves could dramatically increase the number of heat-related deaths in the next few decades, research published in PLOS Medicine on Tuesday found.
In some tropical […]
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Study: Pennsylvanians who live near fracking are more likely to be depressed
This article discusses a study of Pennsylvania residents who live near fracking sites. Stress and depression are higher among those living closest to more and bigger wells.
People who live near unconventional natural gas operations such as fracking are more likely to experience depression, according to a
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Science Says: Record heat, fires worsened by climate change
This article discusses how climate change is increasing the number of wildfires and heat waves.
So far this month, at least 118 of these all-time heat records have been set or tied across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The explanations should sound as familiar as the […]
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So Much Fracking Gas! A Ballot Initiative to Protect Coloradans
This article discusses the Sierra Club ballot initiative in Colorado to not allow fracking wells closer than 2,500 feet from where people live and work.
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U.S. Is Unprepared for the Health Challenges of Climate Change, Experts Warn
This article discusses how unprepared the US is for climate change-caused health problems, such as insect-borne disease and damage to hospitals during disasters.
The United States isn’t ready for the public health problems climate change will bring, experts warned Congress last week.
From the spread of insect-borne disease to the risks […]
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The European Heat Wave Is Brutal
This article discusses human-caused heat waves in Europe in the summer of 2018.
After forest fires raging since Monday killed at least 74 people in the region just north of Athens, the Greek government declared a state of emergency in the province of Attica today. Caused by especially hot dry summer weather, […]
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‘We have to start getting used to it’: Record-breaking temperatures heating up the globe
This article discusses the warming impact of climate change. It’s here to stay and it’s not good.
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Study: Fracking Chemicals Boost Fat Cells
This article discusses how fracking chemicals harm people.
In the last two decades, hydraulic fracturing or fracking has boomed, gone bust, and is in the midst of another boom, producing close to 6 million barrels of oil and gas per day in the United States. Drillers pump dozens of chemicals […]
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