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Dangerous levels of heat are forecast to hit 23.8 million people in the U.S. this week.

See how hot it will be near you: https://nyti.ms/4b5kMWJ

"The EU’s Copernicus climate change service, a global reference for tracking world temperatures, cited an average surface air temperature of 15.9 C (60.6 F) last month — or 1.52 C higher than the estimated May average before industrial times.
The burning of fossil fuels — oil, gas and coal — is the main contributor to global warming caused by human activity."

UN secretary-general calls for tax on 'windfall' profits of fossil fuel companies profits to help fund fight against climate change Guterres decried fossil fuel companies as the "godfathers of climate chaos."

Tornado outbreak leaves leaves toddler in Michigan dead, multiple in Maryland injured The storms come during one of the busiest tornado seasons on record in the U.S.

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Biden, Listen to Students and Declare a Climate Emergency As educators and AFT members, we believe it is time for the rest of the labor movement, as well as the Biden-Harris administration, to join students in defending the conditions for life on Planet Earth.

Why Biden Should Pardon Me to Uphold Climate Justice | Common Dreams No matter where one stands on the political spectrum, we should all be able to agree that what happened to me should not happen to anybody in any country that adheres to the rule of law.

Court Rules Greta Thunberg, Others Can Sue Sweden for 'Insufficient Climate Policy' The country's climate action "constitutes a violation of human rights," argues one Swedish group.

Youth Lead Global Strike Demanding 'Climate Justice Now' | Common Dreams "We are many people and youths who want to express our frustration over what decision-makers are doing right now: They don't care about our future and aren't doing anything to stop the climate crisis," one young activist said.

Extreme Flooding Kills Hundreds in Climate-Vulnerable Afghanistan | Common Dreams "This is a subsistence agriculture community and society. So, they're bearing the brunt of it, without having necessarily contributed to the issue very much," one aid worker said.

Big Banks Funded Climate Crisis With 'Staggering' $705 Billion in 2023 | Common Dreams "Banks that profit from climate chaos invent new greenwash every year, but we have the receipts that show how much money they put into fossil fuels," said one report author.

'Climate Arsonists': 8 Major Oil Companies Fail to Align With Paris Agreement | Common Dreams "We cannot trust fossil fuel corporations to do anything but line the pockets of their CEOs and investors at the cost of our climate and communities," one campaigner said.

Some Journalists Get It: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Directly to Blame for Coral Bleaching | Common Dreams These few coral-focused pieces offer hope that some outlets might be improving their climate reporting practices to include accountability.

Sanders Aims to Convince Fox News Readers Climate Action 'Is a Moral Responsibility' "Either we maintain the status quo and continue to see more heat waves, drought, floods, and extreme weather disturbances or we move away from fossil fuels and do our best to make sure that the planet we leave our kids and future generations is healthy and habitable."

Report Outlines Which Companies Are Most Responsible for Climate Crisis A report released by Carbon Majors on Thursday says that 57 companies were responsible for 80% of the world's CO2 emissions from fossil fuel and cement production between 2016 to 2022.

Until It Phases Out Fossil Fuels, the US Will Be Only Half a Climate Leader | Common Dreams The country, which produced one quarter of the world’s global warming gases two decades ago, still produces between 13-14% of the world’s carbon emissions, more than triple our share of the world’s population.

Leftist Climate Scientist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Mexican Presidency in Landslide | Common Dreams The close ally of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the first woman to win Mexico's presidency.

The World's Largest Funder of Fossil Fuel Expansion | Common Dreams Here’s why we will be using our bodies to shut down Citibank’s global headquarters over and over again, this summer.

'Time to Go for the Jugular': Climate Movement Has New Plan to Destroy Big Oil | Common Dreams "We have an opportunity for 18 months to organize, to take out the oil and gas industry," said one environmental leader during a Sanders Institute event in Vermont.

Scalise Took $40K in Campaign Cash From PAC of CEO Accused of Oil Price Rigging | Common Dreams "Big Oil CEOs are out for themselves and the politicians who support their quest to drill for profit at the expense of the American people," said a spokesperson for Accountable.US, which revealed the donation.

Is Carbon Capture Just Climate Delusion? | Common Dreams Direct air capture and similar technologies come with glossy brochures and lofty promises but we must not be fooled. They are a distraction and a scam orchestrated by the fossil fuel industry.

Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.

Tracking Dangerous Heat in the U.S. See detailed maps of the latest heat index forecasts in the United States.

In Delhi’s Parched Slums, Life Hangs on a Hose and a Prayer A heat wave has left water in short supply across India’s capital region. The poorest are left to crowd around tankers to get whatever they can.

Solar panel installations are soaring to record highs in the U.S., as are batteries that can store energy for later. But wind power has struggled, both on land and in the ocean. Here's why. https://nyti.ms/3VsVQ6I

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A Climate Scientist Is Voted President of an Oil Country. Now What? Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next leader, is an academic and a politician. Here’s what her track record reveals.

How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth Is the world’s climate close to a tipping point?

How 5 N.Y.C. Neighborhoods Are Struggling With Climate Change New data projects are linking social issues with global warming. Here’s what that means for these New York communities.

At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil At a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, the former president said fossil fuel companies should donate to help him beat President Biden.