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Extreme heat, spanning Lebanon to the Philippines since April, is being blamed for hundreds of deaths. It's added to the suffering of people who lack access to air conditioning, including displaced persons in the Middle East, the study notes.

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Analysis: A step to counter climate change increases in urban flooding --"sponge cities"

Wed, 2024-05-08 13:29 — mike kraft

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here's how communities can become 'sponge cities' "When it rains, it pours" once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it's becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Franco Montalto Phys.org

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Project delays are holding back clean power installation --industry report

Wed, 2024-05-08 13:15 — mike kraft

Project delays are holding back clean power installation, report says Delays in projects have caused clean power installations in the United States to fall behind on their expected start dates, according to a report published by American Clean Power Association on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity-- poll of hundreds of scientists

Wed, 2024-05-08 13:09 — mike kraft

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds The Guardian

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Florida thriving future possible if climate resilience managed -- research

Fri, 2024-05-03 12:38 — mike kraft

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Southern U.S. is facing alarming coastal sea level rises--Washingtn Post analysis .

Fri, 2024-05-03 12:31 — mike kraft

Where seas are rising at alarming speed Seas in the Southern United States have risen dramatically since 2010. The extra water has upended life — flooding homes, choking septic systems and deluging roads. Washington Post

One of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth is besieging the American South, forcing a reckoning for coastal communities across eight U.S. states, a Washington Post analysis has found.

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Medicaid is starting to provide air conditioners in Oregon as a health measure

Thu, 2024-05-02 10:15 — mike kraft

In Oregon, Medicaid Is Buying People Air Conditioners - KFF Health News Oregon has started providing air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to help some of its Medicaid recipients cope with soaring heat, smoky skies and other dangers of climate change. It’s a first-in-the-nation experiment that expands a Biden administration strategy to take Medicaid beyond traditional medical care and into the realm of social services. “Climate change is […] khnerich KFF Health News

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Climate change is affecting power outages in some New York neighborhoods and towns --study

Wed, 2024-05-01 15:24 — mike kraft

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4636172-new-york-cities-blackouts-climate-change-study/

Climate change is pushing some New York City neighborhoods into dozens of nearly daylong blackouts per year, a new study has found.

Large swaths of the state’s principal towns and cities faced repeated, protracted and dangerous weather-driven power outages between 2017 and 2020, according to findings published Wednesday in the Public Library of Science.

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