Climate Change

"As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing for Impact in Unexpected Places"

"As the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled north in September 2021, Chris Erdner heard a startling warning on TV: Residents in her area needed to seek shelter immediately. Erdner’s quiet suburban neighborhood in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was directly in the path of a tornado."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/05/2024
September 22, 2024 to September 29, 2024

Climate Week NYC

This annual event is hosted by Climate Group, in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly. This year, ~600 events and activities will take place in New York City. For those unable to attend in-person, key sessions will be streamed. Some wholly digital events are also available.

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September 18, 2024

Global Climate Solutions Series

Solutions Journalism Network is teaming up with climate education organization Terra.do for the "Global South Solutions Series," designed to expand journalists' knowledge of climate reporting. Sept. 4: Nature-Based Solutions; Sept. 11: Indigenous Climate Solutions; and Sept. 18: Co-Benefits of Climate Solutions.

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Runners Are Used To Toughing It Out. Warming Climate Can Make That Deadly

"Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion on a sunny August day sent her internal temperature soaring. As medical volunteers rushed to her aid by plunging her into a tub filled with ice water, they measured it at nearly 107 degrees (41.6 Celsius)."

Source: AP, 09/04/2024

"Electric Big Rigs Are Poised to Revolutionize the Trucking Industry"

"The charging yard for electric trucks at the Port of Long Beach is bright and sunny and full of semitrailer tractors—the truncated front ends of big rigs without their big-box loads. It’s also quiet. Elsewhere at the port, wherever there are trucks, there’s the near-deafening rumble of diesel engines. But the trucks here aren’t combusting; they’re filling up with electrons to power their next trip to Southern California’s Inland Empire, the constellation of cities to the east with one of the heaviest concentrations of warehouses in the world."

Source: Sierra, 09/04/2024

"Business Group Sues Texas Officials Over Law That Shields Oil Industry"

"A liberal business group sued Texas officials this week in a major challenge to a 2021 law that bars state entities from doing business with investment firms that the state comptroller says are boycotting energy companies."

Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2024

"Focus: Canada's Insurance Sector Faces Climate Catastrophe Claim Deluge"

"Hotter summers in Canada that have sparked wildfires in tourist areas, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major cities, all likely linked to climate change, are leading to personnel shortages and potentially claims adjustment delays, according to insurance sector insiders."

Source: Reuters, 09/04/2024

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