24 Mar 2024

Climate change helping drive an increase in large wildfires in the US

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A lot can happen in just one day. Safe now, facing a threat later. Unfortunately the odds are we will see more extreme wildfires like those recent wildfires in Texas. A small fire starts and with high winds it can transform a vast area into a raging out-of-control wildfire.

Dinah Voyles Pulver Joyce Blankenship, an 83-year-old grandmother of four , died inside her home in February when a single brush fire exploded in size in just 24 hours, racing across the landscape , burning her home and others in Stinnett, Texas. Fueled by 50-60 mph winds and dry […]

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20 Mar 2024

How broadcast news programs covered climate and the 2024 election in 2023 — and what coverage should include going forward

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With an upcoming Presidential Election in 2024, it is little wonder why so much of TV news coverage has to do with the election. But how much of the news that is broadcast concerns Climate Change? This article takes a look at how news about the Climate in general was covered last year in 2023. It also considers what should news outlets do to include what’s happening with Climate Change in 2024.

In 2023, broadcast TV news coverage of climate change decreased by 25% from the previous year, and discussion of climate change within the context of the 2024 election appeared in just a handful of segments on broadcast Sunday morning political shows and on PBS’ nightly news program, NewsHour . […]

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17 Mar 2024

How the climate crisis will affect the U.S. economy: Top economists Jeffrey Sachs, Nouriel Roubini and Mark Zandi discuss

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Here’s something relatively new to the Climate Crisis debate, talk about money. In fact, some economists are now talking about how Climate Change can affect one of the biggest economies in the world, that of the United States. Finally, the crisis may hit those on Wall Street as being relevant because it involves real dollars and cents.

Demonstrators protest the IMF and World Bank’s investments in fossil fuels and urge them to confront climate change as they march outside the World Bank and IMF Headquarters during the organizations, Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, October 18, 2019. As the climate crisis continues to pose a global threat, […]

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11 Mar 2024

Biden Seeks $8 Billion to Expand American Climate Corps

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President Joe Biden during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $8 billion to hire hundreds of thousands of workers for a New Deal-inspired jobs program to fight climate change around […]\

How do nations respond to Climate Change? Do they send their leaders to meetings around the world? What do you consider to be the most effective way to do something about Climate Change. During President Biden’s State of the Union address on March 7th, he asked Congress to put money behind words and ideas. He asked this Congress for $8 Billion dollars to hire worker to expand America’s Climate Corps.

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3 Mar 2024

Lobster catch dips to lowest level since 2009 as fishers grapple with climate change, whale rules

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What does a decade of lower catches of lobsters off the coast of Maine tell us ? It has not happened before. Why is it happening now ?

(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster industry, based mostly in Maine, has had an unprecedented decade in terms of the […]

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