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WEBSix incredibly popular climate policies. The majority of registered U.S. voters support electrification and renewable energy. Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on our changing climate.
Electric cars vs. gasoline cars: Which is better for climate change ...
WEBJul 8, 2021 · Electric cars already have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline vehicles, and the grid is getting cleaner all the time. Electric vehicles can be an effective way to reduce pollution from transportation and limit global warming. But in most parts of the U.S., the electricity used to charge EVs is still dominated by fossil fuels. “The total ...
Eye on the Storm » Yale Climate Connections
WEBWelcome to “Eye on the Storm” … Weather Underground Co-Founder Dr. Jeff Masters and his long-time meteorologist and writer colleague, Bob Henson, now are both regular contributors to Yale Climate Connections, offering the kinds of timely and authoritative weather and climate analyses that have gained them …
The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021
WEBJan 11, 2022 · Below is a list of the top-10 weather and climate change events of 2021, as rated by the impacts on humans and/or meteorological significance. 1. The most extreme heat wave in world history. Never in the century-plus history of world weather observation have so many all-time heat records fallen by such a large margin than in the historic late ...
Don’t get fooled: Electric vehicles really are better for the climate
WEBNov 6, 2022 · Verdict: electric cars are already better for the climate than gas-fueled vehicles — but there’s room for improvement. The transportation sector accounts for about 27% of total U.S. climate-warming pollution, making it the largest contributor to the nation’s emissions. Cleaning up passenger cars is therefore vital to addressing climate ...
How to talk about climate change: Ask questions
WEBNov 17, 2021 · The good news is, more Americans than you might think are coming around to the reality of climate change. As the chart below shows, when survey respondents are asked to guess the percentage of Americans who believe global warming is happening, they usually underestimate the true number. The reality: 76% of American adults (93% of Democrats, 58% ...
Global warming is real, so why is it cold outside?
WEBDec 15, 2020 · Temperatures plunged below minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chills in the neighborhood of 60 degrees below zero. However, despite this bitter cold snap, the nation’s average temperature for the month was nearly three degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. January 2019 was also the globe’s third-warmest January on record.
UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’
WEBby Dana Nuccitelli January 19, 2022. Almost 10% of the 8 billion people on earth are already undernourished with 3 billion lacking healthy diets, and the land and water resources farmers rely on stressed to “a breaking point.”. And by 2050 there will be 2 billion more mouths to feed, warns a new report from the United Nations Food and ...
What is ‘climate justice’? - Yale Climate Connections
WEBJul 29, 2020 · 1) Climate justice begins with recognizing key groups are differently affected by climate change. From the United Nations and the IPCC to the NAACP, many organizations are connecting the dots between civil rights and climate change. As a UN blog describes it: “The impacts of climate change will not …
Hailstorms and climate change: What to expect
WEBMar 17, 2022 · Climate change may only accentuate the trend. Insured U.S. hail losses now average from $8 billion to $14 billion per year, or $80-140 billion per decade, as noted by the Insurance Information Institute. This hefty bill far outpaces the total of around $14.1 billion in insured U.S. property loss from tornadoes over the decade from 2010 to 2020.
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