A massive storm brought flash flooding and golf-ball-sized hail to parts of Madrid Monday, The New York Times reported. The storm closed roads and subway tunnels that emergency services were still working to clear Tuesday morning. The two major highways that circle the city were closed temporarily, and flights had to be diverted from Madrid’s […]
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season is expected to hit Louisiana Saturday, and New Orleans is already flooding. The developing storm system dumped eight inches of rain on the city in around two hours Wednesday morning, National Weather Service New Orleans Meteorologist Phil Grigsby told CNN, inundating roads and homes. Valerie R. Burton described […]
The Washington, DC region received a month’s worth of rain in one hour Monday, leading to the most severe flooding in the area in recent years, The Washington Post reported. The climate crisis has led to an uptick in extreme downpours, since warmer air can hold more moisture, according to the National Climate Assessment. Meteorologist […]
By Adrienne Alvord This week Oregon stands on the cusp of approving historic cap-and-invest legislation, HB 2020, that experts have said will help grow the Oregon economy. After three years of legislative consideration, numerous studies, hearings, public meetings and debate, the Oregon House approved the legislation decisively (36-22) on June 18th, and the bill moved […]
The Democratic candidates for president descended upon Miami for a two-night debate on Wednesday and Thursday. Any candidate hoping to carry the state will have to make the climate crisis central to their campaign, as The New York Times reported. The evidence of the climate crisis is everywhere around the candidates. It’s a daily reality […]
By Jeremiah Lowery The climate crisis is comprised of many issues, which require many solutions. Now is the time for presidential candidates to discuss all these issues facing U.S. citizens and our international community. When I was growing up in the Washington, DC area, many members of my community struggled with not only unemployment, but […]
A new report warns that climate change could displace more than a billion people, leave two billion without regular water access and lead to a breakdown in international order by 2050 if nations do not increase their commitments under the Paris agreement. “Climate change now represents a near- to mid-term existential threat to human civilization,” […]
For the second time in five days, a single House Republican has blocked the passage of a $19.1 billion disaster package long-awaited by survivors of the climate-change related disasters that have devastated U.S. communities in the last two years. The bill passed the Senate Thursday after President Donald Trump agreed to sign off on $900 […]
This has been a historically wet spring for the South and Central U.S. The National Weather Service said that Mississippi River flooding in at least eight states has lasted its longest since the “Great Flood” of 1927, USA Today reported Wednesday. And now, following two weeks of storms in Oklahoma and Kansas, the Arkansas River […]
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