Extreme weather

Record 7 Million People Displaced By Extreme Weather Events In First Half Of 2019

September 16, 2019 By Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch.com Educate! Climate Change, climate crisis, Displacement, Extreme weather

In another sign of the climate crisis, a record seven million people were displaced from their homes by extreme weather events during the first half of 2019, The New York Times reported Thursday. The number comes from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), which has been using data from governments, UN humanitarian agencies and news accounts to publish annual reports since 2003. Their mid-year figures for 2019, published Thursday, marked the highest number of disaster displacements the organization has ever recorded by this point in the year.

Killer Heat In The United States: Climate Choices And The Future Of Dangerously Hot Days (2019)

July 18, 2019 Staff, Ucsusa.org Educate! Climate Change, Extreme weather, Heat

Extreme heat is poised to rise steeply in frequency and severity over the coming decades, bringing unprecedented health risks for people and communities across the country. The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. This analysis shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured. The analysis also finds that the intensity of the coming heat depends heavily on how quickly we act now to reduce heat-trapping emissions.

Incarcerated Workers Are Bearing The Brunt Of Extreme Weather

February 3, 2019 Michael Arria, In These Times. Educate! Extreme weather, Prison Labor

On January 28, an image of Cook County Jail prisoners shoveling snow went viral after it was posted on the La Villita community Facebook page and then shared by the Chicago Community Bond Fund. The city of Chicago was preparing for an arctic blast and the prisoners were seen working in cold temperatures wearing orange jumpsuits. Thousands of people shared the image and expressed concern about the well-being of the prisoners. This scenario is yet another example of how incarcerated workers—toiling for little or no pay—are on the frontlines of extreme weather.

What Does ‘Clean Energy Access For All’ Mean?

July 23, 2016 Rachel Cleetus, www.blog.ucsusa.org Create! Clean Energy, Extreme weather

By Rachel Cleetus for UCSUSA - Yesterday the White House announced a series of actions to help advance clean energy access for all Americans. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service warned of a major heat wave across much of the country this week and NOAA released data showing that June set another global temperature record. All of which is a good reminder that there’s lots we can and must do to address climate change, and we’ve got to keep equity at the heart of our solutions.

Earth Enters New Era Of Climate Change

March 20, 2016 Sharmini Peries, www.therealnews.com Educate! Climate Change, Extreme weather, Floods, Global Warming

By Sharmini Peries for The Real New - Last week storms battered the Southwest in the United States and in Louisiana, which was the hardest hit state, three people lost their lives and thousands lost their homes and businesses. The Sabine River on the border of Louisiana and Texas hit the highest water level on record, surpassing the previous record set in 1999 by over 5 feet. Climate scientists are saying we are not only in a period of global warming, we are now entering a global climate change emergency. As NOAA recently confirmed, February surpassed all records in terms of temperatures. January 2016 also broke all-time records for above average temperatures, but the extent to which February broke temperature records alarmed many scientists, the month was more than 0.2°C warmer. Now many scientific studies have linked extreme weather events to climate change.

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