#climate-impact

#climate-impact

California recorded 8,110 blazes in 2024, marking a significant increase in wildfire activity compared to other regions across the country, emphasizing the state's fire vulnerability.

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world, pushing Earth's geographic poles away from its axis of rotation.

The Guadalupe River flooded dramatically due to heavy rainfall linked to a tropical storm, measuring at 37.52 feet and exceeding Niagara Falls' average flow.

Greggs reported a 6.9% rise in total sales to £1.3 billion in the first half of the year, with like-for-like sales increasing by 2.6%. However, sales momentum sharply declined in June due to record-breaking heat, leading to reduced foot traffic and weaker demand for core products.

German educators are demanding nationwide regulations for heat protection in schools due to an ongoing historic heat wave, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius.

“Fifpro is calling for extra measures to protect footballers after what it describes as the wake-up call of the Club World Cup, which has been plagued by extreme temperatures.”

All of these rollbacks and attacks on NEPA are going to harm communities, especially those that are dealing with the worst effects of climate change and industrial pollution.

The rains prompted dire wording from the National Weather Service including warnings of a "potentially historic, prolonged flash flood event" and "serious concern of catastrophic, life-threatening" consequences from "generational" rainfall.

The UK's Elbow Beach has launched its £80M Climate Impact Fund 2 to support innovative startups in clean technologies, enhancing efficiency while addressing climate challenges.

"It is too important for it only to be one set of people working on this. It's going to require everybody to come together - hopefully, in time."

The political argument needed more development, particularly on the carbon impact of infrastructure projects and how this relates to broader climate goals.

The updates surrounding gas stoves and their health risks have sparked significant discussion, with recent studies attributing roughly 13% of childhood asthma cases in the U.S. to these appliances.