More and more athletes are speaking out on the need to tackle climate change.

More info: https://grist.org/fix/pro-sports-athletes-calling-for-climate-action/?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1604702814

69% of Americans, including 55% of Republicans, believe our country should make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

More info: https://morningconsult.com/2020/10/23/post-debate-oil-gas-renewable-energy-poll/

Since 2000, worldwide, there have been 7,348 extreme weather events, up from 4,212 the previous 20 years, in part due to climate change.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/520651-climate-change-a-factor-in-most-of-the-7000-natural-disasters-over

A major Danish supermarket chain is telling shoppers, as they check out, how much carbon dioxide was emitted by production of their purchases.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/09/30/carbon-footprint-supermarkets/?arc404=true

62% of Americans believe that companies should be charged a tax for every ton of greenhouse gases they emit.

More info:  https://time.com/5892097/climate-change-not-too-expensive-poll/

Over the next 30 years, almost 50% of Americans are likely to experience a decline in the quality of their environment--namely more heat and less water.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/15/magazine/climate-crisis-migration-america.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20200916&instance_id=22249&nl=climate-fwd%3A&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=38292&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

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.