“The Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard, created in partnership between the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and the DOT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, uses nationally submitted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data to track EMS responses to people experiencing heat-related emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. For more information regarding how to use… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Environmental Law
Climate change is death by a thousand cuts
The Climate Brink,Andrew Dessler: “Much of the concern about climate change is around the idea of “the big impact,” a single, colossal disaster that dramatically impacts everyone on the planet, much like the scenario depicted in the movie The Day After Tomorrow. While such an event could happen, it’s not the most likely way we… Continue Reading
Tracking Record High Heat in the United States
Center for Data Innovation: “The Pudding created a visualization to explore record-high temperatures in the United States. The country is currently experiencing the hottest summer on record, and this visualization tracks how many days since a city set a record high heat. The visualization shows that cities along the Gulf of Mexico are experiencing an… Continue Reading
The Busy Worker’s Handbook to the Apocalypse
Sam Hall: Revised 11 Jul 2023. This document is also available as a PDF here. Update: Michael Dowd was kind enough to narrate an audio recording of this article. Abstract – Climate change will cause agricultural failure and subsequent collapse of hyperfragile modern civilization, likely within 10–15 years. By 2050 total human population will likely… Continue Reading
The Problem With Plastics
Information is Beautiful: Why plastic recycling does not work. Sources: Geyer at al, “Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made” (Sci Adv 2017) Credits: Research & design: David McCandless Data: View the data Source: “Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made” Geyer et al., Sci Adv, 2017 (data) n.b. These numbers… Continue Reading
DOE Critical Materials Assessment July 2023
Politico: “The Energy Department this week unveiled its final list of “critical materials,” a determination that could shape how the agency spends billions of dollars to thwart climate change and bolster a shift to electric vehicles and renewable energy like offshore wind and solar. The assessment deems more than a dozen materials critical, including the… Continue Reading
Fortune Global 500
“The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies showed their muscle in 2022, delivering record-high aggregate revenues of $41 trillion. But the Fortune Global 500 has been anything but static, as technological change and scientific breakthroughs threaten established leaders and elevate new winners. Walmart remains No. 1 for the 10th consecutive year,… Continue Reading
Global Climate Shift Index
“The Global Climate Shift Index™ is a tool that quantifies the local influence of climate change on daily temperatures around the world. Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We are a policy-neutral 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Climate… Continue Reading
Clothed in chemicals: A new book sheds light on the toxic substances we wear daily
Grist, Joseph Winters – A Q&A on the fashion industry’s toxic chemicals problem — and how we can protect ourselves. “Modern clothing is a technological marvel — it’s brighter than ever, more flame-resistant, more water-repellent. It’s also often toxic. The properties we’ve come to know and expect stem from fossil fuel-derived chemicals that, according to… Continue Reading
Record-breaking heat: visualizing the effects of the climate crisis
Flourish: “We explored rising temperatures and their impact through interactive data visualizations.Summer has only just started and the world’s warmest day since records began was hit last week, the UK has recorded the hottest June in history, several countries in Asia saw some of the highest temperatures to date and wildfires are raging across Canada.… Continue Reading
NASA Launches Beta Site; On-Demand Streaming, App Update Coming Soon
“NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency. Users can access the early, in-progress preview of the… Continue Reading
EPA Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly
“Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a major step to increase transparency by posting 10 years of pesticide incident data on its website. Sharing this information advances EPA’s commitment to environmental justice and aligns with EPA’s Equity Action Plan by expanding the availability of data and capacity so the public and community organizations… Continue Reading
