Weekly Hot Take Digest
Hi folks,
We're both still evacuated, but should be getting home this week. It's been a chaotic and exhausting time, so we don't have a full newsletter this week, but we do have the weekly digest for you, thanks to researchers Julianna Bradley and Georgia Wright (co-creators/producers of Inherited). And some good news: Global media coverage of climate change just hit its highest point in TEN YEARS. That's probably because of a combination of the latest IPCC report and all the climate disasters, but it's promising to see so many outlets naming the cause here, and we're starting to see more and more outlets say what we've been saying for a while: everyone's a climate reporter now.
Thanks for bearing with us, and we'll be back with more next weekend!
Mary & Amy
Weekly Digest
A roundup of this week's climate coverage.
Rising Temperatures, Rising Tides
These Maps Tell the Story of Two Americas: One Parched, One Soaked, by Aatish Bhatia and Nadja Popovich for The New York Times
The Severe Weather Event We Routinely Ignore: Poor Air Quality, by Liza Featherstone for The New Republic
Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds, by Damian Carrington for The Guardian
Over 20 people killed in US north-east amid sudden heavy rains and flooding, by Nina Lakhani, Mark Oliver and Martin Pengelly for The Guardian
How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire? by Emma Hager for The Nation
New York Sees Record Rain, Flash Floods From Ida, 9 Dead by Brian Kahn for Earther
Shocking Aerial Images Show Extent of Ida's Damage in Louisiana by Molly Taft for Earther
California's Forest Carbon Offsets Are Burning Amid Record Fires by Rishika Pardikar for Earther
How Hurricane Ida's path, climate change, and Covid-19 made the Gulf vulnerable by Umair Irfan and Benji Jones for Vox
Hurricane Ida Is a Manmade Disaster by Jake Bittle for The New Republic
The science behind super-strong hurricanes like Ida by Zoya Teirstein for Grist
New York is particularly vulnerable to extreme storms. Here's why. by Brad Plumer for The New York Times
Hurricane Ida Tests New Orleans by Christopher Flavelle for The New York Times
Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts by Rachel Ramirez for CNN
How climate change helped make Hurricane Ida one of Louisiana’s worst by Sarah Kaplan for The Washington Post
What We Know About Climate Change and Hurricanes by Veronica Penney for The New York Times
Scientists Discovered a New Arctic Warning Signal for Catastrophic Winter Weather, by Becky Ferreira for Vice
Wild Videos Show the Terrifying Power of Hurricane Ida, by Paul Blest for Vice
How Hurricane Ida flooded the Northeast, by Joshua Carroll for The Washington Post
‘We left it in God’s hands’: floods wreck Spanish seaside town, by the AP in Alcanar for the Guardian
‘Everything is changing’: the struggle for food as Malawi’s Lake Chilwa shrinks, by Madalitso Wills Kateta for The Guardian
Climate crisis likely creating extreme winter weather events, says report by Hallie Golden for the Guardian
What's causing the Caldor and Dixie California fires: Heat, wind, and drought, by Umair Irfan for Vox
A Coastal Expert on What Comes After Ida, by Molly Taft for Earther
The Climate Presidency?
Biden says Ida, wildfires show 'climate crisis' has struck by Darlene Superville and Josh Boak for the Associated Press
The true social cost of carbon needs to factor in mortality, by Sigal Samuel for Vox
China Tells Kerry Strained Ties Could Sink Climate Cooperation by Chris Buckley and Lisa Friedman for The New York Times
Biden Opens New Federal Office for Climate Change, Health and Equity by Lisa Friedman for The New York Times
In Afghanistan, War and Climate Change Collide by Somini Sengupta for The New York Times
Democrats call on House leadership to use spending plan to repeal fossil fuel subsidies, by Mychael Schnell for The Hill
The US Installed More Wind Energy Than Any Other Energy Source Last Year, by Audrey Carleton for Vice
Climate crisis likely creating extreme winter weather events, says report, by Hallie Golden for The Guardian
Poor U.S.-China ties will hurt climate change cooperation, Beijing warns Kerry, by Lily Kuo and Brady Dennis for The Washington Post
After a Summer of Disasters, Some Lawmakers See a Chance for Climate Action, by Coral Davenport and Brad Plumer
Climate Accountability
Gassing Satartia: Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Linked To Mass Poisoning by Dan Zegart in HuffPost
Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’? By Mark Hertsgaard for The Guardian
Entergy Fought Climate Rules. Now, New Orleans Is in the Dark by Dharna Noor for Earther
Big Oil Coined 'Carbon Footprints' to Blame Us for Their Greed by Rebecca Solnit for Earther
Climate Change Is Bankrupting America's Small Towns by Christopher Flavelle for The New York Times
Ida Hit One of the Country’s Biggest Oil and Chemical Hubs by Hiroko Tabuchi for The New York Times
Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible? in The New York Times
New York Amazon Employees Had to Work During Deadly Floods, by Dharna Noor for Earther
Justice Is Justice Is Justice
Climate change will be a tougher burden for minorities in the US, by Darryl Fears and Dino Grandoni for the Washington Post
Indigenous militias are fighting to save the Brazilian Amazon by Salomé Gómez-Upegui for Vox
Climate Change Means Teaching Kids to Love What They Might Soon Lose by Aaron Regunberg for The New Republic
Hurricane Ida Shows Why Inequity Is Becoming the Biggest Climate-Covid Threat by Melody Schreiber for The New Republic
Louisiana's Native communities face a long Hurricane Ida recovery by Mark Armao for Grist
Hurricane Ida shows New Orleans trying to police its way out of disaster by Adam Mahoney for Grist
“I can't breathe”: climate change and environmental racism. by Jason Johnson for Slate
As Hurricane Ida Hits Louisiana, the Climate Change Future Is Upon Us – Mother Jones by Tim Murphy for Mother Jones
Broke and Sweltering: Louisiana Is Struggling After Hurricane Ida, by Emma Ockerman for Vice
Hurricane Ida: How disaster recovery and climate policy can fight inequality in New Orleans and beyond by Daniel A. Gross for Vox
Climate Change Is Bankrupting America's Small Towns, by Christopher Flavelle for The New York Times
An Economic Lifeline in South America, the Paraná River, Is Shriveling, by Daniel Politi for The New York Times
Why Wasn't New York Prepared for Hurricane Ida? By Jesse McKinley, Dana Rubenstein and Jeffery C. Mays for The New York Times
Glimmers of Hope
How one town put politics aside to save itself from fire by Nathanael Johnson for Grist
Amid the Misery of Hurricane Ida, Coastal Restoration Offers Hope. But the Price Is High by James Bruggers and Bob Berwyn for Inside Climate News
Federal judge in Arizona throws out Trump's Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which affects wetlands, by Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis for The Washington Post
Climate in Culture
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch review – eco doc prettifies disaster, by Phuong Le for The Guardian
Walking Places Is Part of the Culture Wars Now, by Aaron Gordon for Vice
Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon by Kate Yoder & Matthew Craft for Grist
The missed opportunity of Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ by Emily Pontecorvo for Grist
The NYC Subway Is Going to Flood A Lot and There's Nothing We Will Do About It, by Aaron Gordon for Vice
Experts Predicted All Cars Would Be Hybrid by 2020. Why Were They Wrong? by Aaron Gordon for Vice
Atlas of the Invisible: using data to map the climate crisis, by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti for The Guardian
Young Australians ‘screaming’ for climate action but don’t trust leaders to make change, survey suggests, by Royce Kurmelovs for The Guardian
Anxiety and biscuits: the climate cafes popping up around the world, in The Guardian
Help Identify This Viral Delivery Rider To Get Them $1,700, by Matt Novak for Earther
Plus More
The IPCC Should Get Better at Climate Propaganda by Liza Featherstone in The New Republic
How Do We Know Cows Are So Bad for the Climate? by Molly Taft for Earther
Greta Thunberg 'Urgently' Asks for Help Evacuating Afghan Climate Activists by Shoshana Wodinsky for Earther
How Can You Overcome Climate Dread? by Molly Taft for Earther
Northern California fishing adapts to drought, climate change, by Hailey Branson-Potts for The L.A. Times
Weather disasters are now far more frequent and costly but less deadly, U.N. says, by Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten
Florida's diseased corals faced extinction, until this rescue plan, by Teresa Tomassoni for The Washington Post
Satellite Images Find Oil Spill in Gulf Left in Ida’s Wake, by Hiroko Tabuchi and Blacki Migliozzi for The New York Times
Climate Change Is a Top Priority For Voters: What Campaigns Are Promising, by Anya Zoledziowski for Vice
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