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Extreme Heat Makes Electricity More Expensive, More Polluting, and Less Reliable

Union of Concerned Scientists

But extreme heat also hits our electricity system in ways that make it more expensive, more polluting, and less reliable. Extreme heat means more expensive electricity Extreme heat can sharply increase electricity consumption as people turn up their air conditioners for relief. Here’s how.

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More Than 44,000 Species Now Threatened With Extinction

Yale E360

In its latest accounting, the International Union for Conservation of Nature finds that more than 44,000 species worldwide are threatened with extinction. Read more on E360 → Of these, nearly 7,000 face an immediate threat from climate change.

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In Icy Greenland, Area Covered by Vegetation Has More Than Doubled in Size

Yale E360

Read more on E360 → In Greenland, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as across the rest of the world, the icy, rocky landscape is turning increasingly green, a new study finds.

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Scafetta comes back for more

Real Climate

Second, Scafetta takes up a lot of time playing games inspired by the MSU-TLT data – not both versions, that exist from both UAH and RSS, but just the one from UAH which he suggests is (on the basis of nothing) more accurate than any in-situ surface data. The RSS TLT record warms by 0.65ºC (more than any product in the paper!),

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More Heat, More Drought: New Analyses Offer Grim Outlook for the U.S. West.

Yale E360

Read more on E360 ?. While California, Arizona, and New Mexico are now facing the brunt of the drought, new research suggests that Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming will increasingly come to look like the Southwest as temperatures continue to rise.

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Solar Accounted for More Than Half of New Power Installed in U.S. Last Year

Yale E360

That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. Read more on E360 → Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year.

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Will Climate Change Force More Farmworkers to Go Hungry?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For the average US consumer, this may mean fewer or more expensive strawberries in the grocery store, but for the people of Pajaro, this means a loss of income and livelihood, which can have dramatic consequences for their housing and food security.