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"Climate Change Made Summer Hotter and Drier Worldwide, Study Finds"

"Human-caused global warming has made severe droughts like the ones this summer in Europe, North America and China at least 20 times as likely to occur as they would have been more than a century ago, scientists said Wednesday. It’s the latest evidence of how climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is imperiling food, water and electricity supplies around the world."

Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2022

"Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat"

"Reggie Carrillo knows firsthand that where you live can determine how hot your neighborhood gets. The environmental activist and educator resides in a largely Mexican American area of south-central Phoenix, where segregation once forced Black and Hispanic people to live south of the railroad tracks."

Source: AP, 10/06/2022

"Meet the Band of TV Animals That’s Talking to Preschoolers About Climate"

"There are few books, shows or other tools to help parents and teachers talk to preschoolers about global warming. “Octonauts: Above and Beyond” is one of the first to try." ... "Climate scientists say its depictions are largely accurate, with one striking omission. The program says nothing about why the Earth is heating up: the burning of oil, gas and coal."

Source: NYTimes, 10/05/2022

"Kigali Climate Treaty Clears Senate Hurdle"

"The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday afternoon before moving to ratify the international climate deal to phase down the use of potent greenhouse gases stemming from refrigerants and air conditioning units."

Source: E&E News, 09/21/2022

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