🇺🇸 Climate Woes Flowing Downstream ▫In the Berkshires, an effort to corral climate change, one stream at a time ▫Erin Douglas 📝🌎🕵🏻‍♀️ ▫is.gd/eGZx4q 👈 #frontpagestoday #USA The Boston Globe 🇺🇸

Heat + humidity + no power because of #HurricaneBeryl = a dangerous situation. We have a list of tips for how to stay safe during extreme Texas heat via Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2024/07/02/tex…

If a cat 4 storm followed the path of Beryl, “It could be like New Orleans after Katrina, where much of the city is uninhabitable for a period of weeks to months,” said Matt Lanza 🤌🏼 “What is our plan for that? I don’t know that we necessarily have one.” insideclimatenews.org/news/12072024/…

National Grid has frozen its energy savings services for low-income residents after running out of money for the program, Ivy Scott reports: bostonglobe.com/2024/07/24/sci…

An incredible amount of rain fell across portions of northeast Vermont overnight. Here's a zoomed in view of the reports we've tallied. The highest amount of 8.41" was recorded by one of our CoCoRaHS observers in St. Johnsbury.

Many VTers in the northeast kingdom once again woke up to massive home and infrastructure damage caused by flooding. Some areas like St Johnsbury received upward of 8 inches of rain Channel 3 News

A swath of very heavy rain mainly east of the path of #Debby, will follow the system as it tracks north over the next few days. There will be flooding. More than 50% of all flood fatalities are vehicle-related. You never know how deep the water is or if the road has been washed

Vermont towns, some that flooded twice last month, are now bracing for #Debby. Annual precipitation totals have increased by more than 20% in #Vermont since 1900, according to the state's climate assessment. bostonglobe.com/2024/08/08/sci…

.NOAA: July 2024 was Earth's warmest July on record and the world's 14th-consecutive month of record-warm temperatures. There is a 77% chance that 2024 will rank as the warmest year on record. Get the latest global #climate report: bit.ly/4dwXhrD #StateOfClimate

Texas officials are likely undercounting heat deaths. As Yuriko Schumacher analysis shows over 200 more deaths were likely associated with heat between 2013 and 2019 than the state’s official count of heat-related deaths.

Repeated flooding has sent Vermont communities and state officials scrambling to adapt to a much wetter climate than infrastructure across the state was built for. trib.al/sNyDktO

‘Training’ storms, surges of flooding rain: How a 1,000-year storm hit a swath of Connecticut Erin Douglas 📝🌎🕵🏻‍♀️ The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com/2024/08/21/met…

I tore this out of a print copy of The Onion twelve years ago and have kept it at my desk ever since.

Sea levels reached new high in 2023, Earth ‘shatters’ several climate records, new report finds… bostonglobe.com/2024/08/22/sci… Erin Douglas 📝🌎🕵🏻‍♀️

🇺🇸 Climate report Notes Earth's Grim Milestones ▫The American Meteorological Society’s comprehensive review is a sort of “annual physical” for the earth. She’s unwell ▫Erin Douglas 📝🌎🕵🏻‍♀️ #frontpagestoday #USA The Boston Globe 🇺🇸

And they’re down.

In today's paper: Two Martha’s Vineyard newspapers wrestle with reaching a growing Brazilian population; volunteers respond to mental health concerns after Vermont floods; and more. trib.al/AhLVsvV

For the first time, the federal government took an official action on mass balance — the wonky math that allows companies to label plastic products as 30% recycled plastic even if it contains less than 1% recycled content. propublica.org/article/epa-re…

In today's paper: Massachusetts has received billions in federal clean-energy dollars, and is on track for more. What if Trump is elected? Removing dams can prevent flooding in Massachusetts, but for the owners, it’s bittersweet; and more. trib.al/5BNXAdd

In today's paper: Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island? Trump-RFK Jr. alliance resurrects debate over COVID restrictions, vaccine skepticism in 2024 campaign; and more. trib.al/GzmwPIu