Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:47:11 +0000
What would be the largest single-employer strike in US history may soon be avoided if UPS and the Teamsters union reach an agreement on adding life-saving cooling equipment in more than 90,000 fleet vehicles. UPS is the largest employer here in Louisville, Kentucky, so a strike would have serious implications for the metro region as […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:30:50 +0000
NASA is interested in how urban heat — its causes, solutions, and impacts on vulnerable communities — can figure into community planning solutions and policymaking.
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 22:51:15 +0000
By Sarah Amandolare an independent journalist covering science, health and travel. This article is co-published with Next City and made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. Nexus Media News is an editorially independent, nonprofit news service covering climate change. Follow us @NexusMediaNews.
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:43:19 +0000
California is cooking in extreme heat, Russia has shut down a key gas pipeline to Europe, and there are changes in the White House with regards to climate and energy. Scroll down below for the updates. Heatwave Breaks Records, Threatens Human Health: Extreme heat shattered records up and down the West Coast over the weekend, threatening […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:27:59 +0000
Heat waves and drought are rocking the United States, and that has even led to some U.S. schools closing due to the extreme heat. This has happened on both the East Coast and the West Coast. Heat, Insufficient Cooling Disrupt Learning Nationwide Extreme heat across the country is disrupting education as high temperatures force schools […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:10 +0000
Officials from Portland, New York, Miami and Phoenix discuss plans to keep residents safe in extreme heat.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:48:12 +0000
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Rachel Cleetus Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires — around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. It’s fueling “Danger Seasons,” when these impacts are at their […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 18:38:29 +0000
A May, 2022 report asks us to stop looking backward to see if pre-industrial eras had heatwaves. Instead, we need to look at adaptation decision-making in the face of unprecedented future heat.
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:35:56 +0000
Solar One is an organization that I’ve experienced first hand. An active force in clean urban transition, in particular aiding low-income households, it deserves support. Both organizations I met with in NYC — Solar One and WE ACT — had individuals reflecting the relaxed as well as energetic personalities necessary to make something work, really work