Climate Politics Are Worse Than You Think
Texas is often hot, but not like this: Current forecasts have the temperature in Dallas hitting 109 degrees Tuesday, with highs in triple digits well into next week. Britain, on Continue Reading
Airbus and major airlines partner to explore direct air carbon capture technology
Airbus and a number of major airlines—Air Canada, Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Virgin Atlantic—have signed Letters of Intent (LoI) to explore opportunities Continue Reading
Sweltering US temperatures promise fresh demand records for gas generation
US natural gas-fired power generators are bracing for record-setting demand this week as temperatures in states stretching from Texas to Kansas and Mississippi to Missouri top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. On Continue Reading
London Set to Bake In More 40-Degree Days as Planet Warms
Temperatures in London and the south of England might hit a record-setting 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit) next week, hotter than the forecast in Madrid, Rome or Marseille. The English may Continue Reading
Joe Manchin Defends Retreat on Climate and Tax Plans
It was a familiar, if excruciating, position for Democrats. A day after pulling the plug on his party’s plans to pass a climate, energy and tax package this summer, Senator Joe Manchin Continue Reading
Scorching Summer Heatwave Throws Britain Into More Chaos
The Met Office issued its most severe warning for next week with temperatures set to rise above 35 degrees Celsius. Photographer: Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing/Getty Images After strikes, transport disruption, soaring Continue Reading
Extreme heat propels more Chinese provinces’ peak power loads to record highs
Highlights Record temperatures logged by 71 national weather stations Power loads in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu hit record highs China’s power consumption to grow 5%-6% in 2022 Extreme heat is sweeping Continue Reading
Unforgiving heat wave in Texas and Southern Plains to worsen next week – The Washington Post
The temperatures in Texas and the Southern Plains are about to be turned up during an already historically hot summer. Next week, some areas of interior Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas Continue Reading
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying out, threatening ecological, economic disaster
Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians point to grave threats to wildlife and Continue Reading
As Europe bakes in heatwave, wildfires rage from Portugal to Croatia
Wildfires raged across the tinder-dry country in Portugal, Spain, France and Croatia on Thursday, burning homes and threatening livelihoods, as much of Europe baked in a heatwave that has pushed Continue Reading