“The current heatwave and drought leave no doubt, we are living the dangerous effects of the climate crisis.”
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 6-18-2021
Image: NASA Earth Observatory
As what the National Weather Service described as “dangerous and record-breaking heat” affects 50 million people across the Western United States even before the first day of summer, climate experts and activists are using the hot conditions to reiterate warnings and calls for policy change as scientists are seeing their dire predictions come true.
“The current heatwave and drought leave no doubt, we are living the dangerous effects of the climate crisis,” activist and former Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer tweeted Friday. “Action is urgently needed.” Continue reading
