Entire Cities Evacuate as Hellish Wildfires Whip through California

By Eric Holthaus, Grist

A trio of rapidly expanding wildfires are burning in California, marking the latest in a string of harrowing climate-related disasters in America.

Florence is Not the ‘New Normal’. We’ve Destroyed Normal Forever.

By Joe Romm, Climate Progress

You’ve probably seen the term “new normal” used to describe how human caused climate change has forever changed the kind of weather we can expect.

Maria in Puerto Rico: America’s Least Natural Disaster

By Stan Cox, Paul Cox, Green Social Thought

Heroes don’t blame others when calamity strikes; victims don’t manage to find a way out of their vulnerability. Those who suffer unnatural disasters do both, as required, and that is the way the world will heal.

Take Unprecedented Action or Bear the Consequences

By David Spratt, Ian Dunlop, Climate Code Red

Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon humanity must choose between taking unprecedented action, or accepting that it has been left too late and bear the consequences.

The U.K. is Tropically Hot Right Now. 6 Maps Show Why.

By Eric Holthaus, Grist

A dangerous heatwave is sweeping across Britain. The temperature reached 95 degrees at London’s Heathrow Airport on Thursday, making it the hottest day so far this year.

The World is Hot, on Fire, and Flooding. Climate Change is Here.

By Eric Holthaus, Grist

These are striking examples of climate change playing out in its deadliest forms, and they’re making  the term “natural disaster” an outdated concept.

Heat Check

By Justine Calma, Grist

Improving cooling center signage and generally making the facilities more inviting is part of New York City’s $106-million “Cool Neighborhoods” plan, launched last year to mitigate the health risks of extreme heat.

Heat Waves Bother You? Under Trump Climate Policies, Add Another 12°F

By Joe Romm, Climate Progress

Typical five-day heat waves in the U.S. will be 12°F warmer by mid-century alone, according to the U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA), which the White House itself reviewed and approved last November.

Puerto Rico Confronts a New Hurricane Season — And Old Injustices

By Basav Sen, Foreign Policy In Focus

This was no mere “natural” disaster. The impacts of Hurricane Maria were to a large extent attributable to inequalities of race, income and — critically — access to political power.

Where There’s Smoke

By Margaret Welsh, New Economics Foundation

The fires raging on moorland outside Manchester have fallen off the front pages of the national press. But they tell a vital story of climate change, land management, and our broken economic system.