You can take part in a fireside chat on climate change with Illinois Congressman Sean Casten, a clean energy entrepreneur.

More info on this Sept. 3 event: https://climate-xchange.org/event/a-fireside-chat-with-congressman-sean-casten/

Phoenix has had 35 days hotter than 110 degrees this year--a city record.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/511504-phoenix-breaks-its-own-record-for-most-110-degree-days-in-a-year AND https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/12/baghdad-iraq-heat-climate-change/?arc404=true

Amidst Middle East heat wave, Baghdad set a temperature record July 28: 125.2 degrees.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/29/baghdad-iraq-heat-record/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top

Arctic wildfires released more carbon dioxide in June than in any other month in 18 years of data collection.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/climate/climate-change-arctic-fires.html?searchResultPosition=1. 

The International Energy Agency (IEA) online summit on July 9 will be this year’s only major meeting of governments to discuss the climate crisis.

More info: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/29/us-joins-summit-on-global-green-recovery-from-covid-19-crisis

In response to climate-related disasters in 2017, Congress provided $136 billion in additional funding for recovery — amounting to about $1,000 for every American taxpayer.

More info:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/climate-change-financial-disaster.html?referringSource=articleShare

BP will write-down up to $17.5 billion on its assets, signaling that some of its oil discoveries will never be developed.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/energy-environment/bp-oil-gas-write-down.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytclimate

The temperature in Khatanga, Siberia, reached 78 degrees May 22, 46 degrees above normal.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/22/siberia-heat-wave/?utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_green

Representatives of more than 330 businesses lobbied Congress May 13 for a green recovery plan.

More info: https://www.ceres.org/news-center/press-releases/more-330-major-businesses-call-us-congress-build-back-more-resilient

UN secretary-general calls for ending $5 trillion in annual subsidies for fossil fuel industries.

More info: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/the-end-of-the-road-for-fossil-fuel-subsidies-205584