Climate

This heat wave is so extreme that it would only be expected to occur once about every 500 years in the current climate, according to World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who study links between extreme weather events and climate change.

“These temperatures are completely off the scale for March, and our data shows that they would be virtually impossible in a world without human-caused climate change,” said Ben Clarke, a research associate in extreme weather and climate change at Imperial College London.

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War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

New Delhi: Sales of induction cooktops and electric kettles have surged in the wake of cooking gas supply concerns due to the war in West Asia, according to industry players.

Tata Group's Croma said it has observed a threefold jump in demand for induction cooktops over the past few days, while Stovekraft Ltd, the company behind the popular kitchen appliance brand Pigeon, noted that its average weekly online sales have jumped four times.

"At Croma, we have observed a sharp and immediate uptick in demand for induction cooktops over the past few days. Our average daily run rate has surged significantly," Infiniti Retail Ltd (Croma) CEO & MD Shibashish Roy said.

Hilarious that India leaves the US behind, in terms of domestic technology.

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Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator, will address a Heartland Institute forum in April. The organization says speakers will challenge the climate crisis “narrative.”

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The proposal, currently being considered by the Legislature during budget talks, would put off regulations for enforcing the law until 2030.

Never mind that shifting away from fossil fuels would cut costs.

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Recent satellite monitoring revealed that actual emissions from the West Texas and southeast New Mexico basin are four times higher than official estimates.

Sorry about the source here, but not seeing decent coverage elsewhere.

New Stanford-led research traces a direct line from extreme weather to a massive dengue outbreak in Peru. The findings serve as a warning – and the seed of a possible solution.

In brief

• Researchers traced Peru’s 2023 dengue outbreak to cyclone conditions, finding that 60% of cases stemmed from extreme rainfall and heat.

• Climate modeling showed that conditions fueling the epidemic are now nearly three times more likely than in pre-industrial times.

• Findings offer health officials quantifiable data to justify investments in mosquito control, vaccination, and urban flood resilience strategies.

The article: Extreme precipitation, exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, drove Peru’s record-breaking 2023 dengue outbreak

There is unfortunately a huge amount of harm we can do to the capacity of the Earth to support human life, even if we can't actually boil off the oceans like Venus.

Last year, Southern California regulators rejected rules that would have phased down gas heaters after an industry-tied campaign generated 20,000+ critical comments.

The party can lead by clearly explaining why electricity prices are rising and who bears responsibility, or they can surrender the narrative to corporate pundits and technocrats increasingly aligned with Big Tech.

A new report suggests that the majority of people think new economic rules are required to curb climate change. The issue is that those majorities think they are a minority.

The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.

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The list, from the lawsuit

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State of California
• State of New York
• State of Connecticut
• State of Arizona
• State of Colorado
• State of Delaware
• State of Hawai'i
• State of Illinois
• State of Maine
• State of Maryland
• State of Michigan
• State of Minnesota
• State of Nevada
• State of New Jersey
• State of New Mexico
• State of North Carolina
• State of Oregon
• Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• State of Rhode Island
• State of Vermont
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• State of Washington
• State of Wisconsin
• District of Columbia
• United States Virgin Islands
• City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
• City of Boston, Massachusetts
• City of Chicago, Illinois
• City of Cleveland, Ohio
• City of Columbus, Ohio
• City and County of Denver, Colorado
• Harris County, Texas
• City of Los Angeles, California
• Martin Luther King, Jr., County, Washington
• City of New York, New York
• City and County of San Francisco, California
• And Santa Clara County, California

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