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DeSmogBlog, February 27, 2021
Articles include: Racial Equity & Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community; Exxon & Its Bad Fossil Fuel Investments; Texas Catastrophe Shows How Natural Gas Systems Can Fail; Aquaculture in the US; Texas Refineries’ Release Pollutants During Storm; Rejoining the […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd, February 24, 2021
NY Times Climate Fwd: nationwide crises waiting to happen. Biden’s pick to lead DOI; Insurance costs going up; Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord; Arctic drilling; community wood banks.
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As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife?
The Revelator: As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife? Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.
A hailstorm in South Texas. Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires across the […]
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As Deaths Surge, Scientists Study the Link Between Climate Change and Avalanches
Inside Climate News: As Deaths Surge, Scientists Study the Link Between Climate Change and Avalanches. There are clues globally that the avalanche threat is escalating in some regions as the planet warms, triggered by greater temperature swings and more intense rain and snow storms.
Big dumps of powder snow are a […]
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A Glimpse of America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids
The New York Times: A Glimpse of America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids. Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits.
Huge winter storms plunged large parts of […]
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California’s aging dams face new perils, 50 years after Sylmar quake crisis
Los Angeles Times: California’s aging dams face new perils, 50 years after Sylmar quake crisis.
It was a harrowing vision of the vulnerability of aging California dams — crews laboring feverishly to sandbag and drain the lower San Fernando Reservoir, as billions of gallons of Los Angeles drinking water lapped at […]
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Study: Climate Change Contributed to More Than 70 Natural Disasters Since 2015
PublicIntegrity.org: Climate Change Contributed to More Than 70 Natural Disasters Since 2015.
One of President Joe Biden’s first actions after his inauguration Wednesday was signing an executive order to rejoin the Paris climate agreement.
There’s no time to waste in the fight against global warming, and here’s one number that drives […]
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The South’s communication infrastructure can’t withstand climate change
Southerly Magazine: The South’s communication infrastructure can’t withstand climate change. Much of the South’s power and internet infrastructure is decades old, and increasingly failing communities during extreme weather events.
When Hurricane Zeta made landfall on the Gulf Coast in October, 2.6 million people in the southeast U.S. were left in the […]
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