While President Biden claims he didn’t have “any authority” to provide emergency supplies to Texas, scientists are warning Beryl won’t be this year’s last extreme storm… Landing in Texas On Monday, Hurricane Beryl hit Texas (as a category 1 storm) and left over 2 million people without power. This was after the storm caused major chaos in the Caribbean as …
Wyoming’s Republican governor is calling this a “first-of-its-kind project.” Full story. Clean Energy On Monday, June 10th, Bill Gates was present in Kemmerer, Wyoming to break ground on a new sodium-cooled nuclear reactor. The co-founder of Microsoft is also the chairman of TerraPower, the start-up company in charge of the project. This new nuclear reactor is meant to be smaller, …
A recent study shows the true cost of the California wildfires, in both lives and dollars. Too Many Lives Lost Approximately 55,000 people have lost their lives during the past decade due to wildfires raging across California, according to recent figures. UCLA Study According to a UCLA study published in Science Advances, this has also cost the state between $432 …
While the state is facing record-melting heatwaves, State Farm wants to increase insurance rates, which would “affect millions of California consumers” Death Valley’s Deadly Heat If weather forecasters are to be believed, this weekend could see Eastern California’s Death Valley either tie or shatter a heatwave record. This comes after the National Weather Service’s Chris Outler reports that Death Valley …
A group of scientists conducted a study on the recent heatwaves experienced in the US and Mexico – and concluded that we’re at the height of a climate crisis. Full story. A Hot Topic Between May and early June this year, at a time when the US heatwave was centered in southwest states such as California, Nevada, and Arizona, a …
While some are counting their lucky stars, others are calculating the damages. Full story. Lights Out After Hurricane Beryl swept along Jamaica on Wednesday night and brought over 12 hours of heavy rain, hundreds of thousands of homes are now left without power. According to Jamaican energy provider JPS, about 65% of Jamaicans (which make up about 400,000 customers) remain …
Meanwhile, NASA warns that rising sea levels ARE increasing. Full story. “No” to EVs The climate seems to be the newest topic of Donald Trump’s culture war, as he has blasted President Joe Biden’s attempt to advance electric vehicles in the US as “lunacy”. As per Trump’s comments, such vehicles don’t work in cold weather and their supporters should “rot …
Residents are urged to protect themselves as wildfires near LA consume over 15,600 acres. Fueled by Strong Winds Over 1,000 people were evacuated due to wildfires northwest of Los Angeles scorching up thousands of acres of land. This comes after a weekend of strong winds chased the flames along Interstate 5. A Manic Monday Helping the fire along was the …
And that’s why the Biden administration is proposing new heat safety rules to protect American workers Protect Your Workers On Tuesday, the Biden administration proposed a new regulation aimed at protecting outdoor workers and certain indoor employees from extreme heat in the US. The Rising Heat This proposal from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would require many US …
While you might think the world’s biggest worry when it comes to global warming is the number of cars in the world, as well as big countries like China, a new report is pointing to something a lot closer to home. Infernos of 2023 Wildfires in Canada last year pumped out more carbon dioxide than all the planes in the …
