Climate change is making 58% of infectious diseases worse.

More info: https://grist.org/health/study-climate-change-is-making-58-of-infectious-diseases-worse/

U.S. consumers may pay $200 million less for electricity over the next decade, thanks to the new climate law.

More info: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082022/inflation-reduction-act-electricity-prices-carbon-reduction/

The likelihood of a “megaflood” occurring in California has doubled due to climate change, with prospects of $1 trillion in damage.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/12/climate/california-rain-storm.html

NOAA says the chances of a worse-than-average hurricane season are 60%.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/04/noaa-hurricane-outlook-update-atlantic/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&wpisrc=nl_green

The US and China are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/12/united-states-china-global-economic-damages-emissions-study/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&wpisrc=nl_green

Wind storms traveling faster than 95 mph swept through five states July 5, turning the sky green.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/south-dakota-green-sky-derecho.html

Seven prominent conservative Texas women have created a nonprofit, Clear Skies Texas, to get Texas conservatives to talk about climate change.

More info: https://omny.fm/shows/plugged-in/we-cant-cede-climate-change-policy-to-the-left?utm_source=Daily%20on%20Energy%20061422_06/14/2022&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Daily%20on%20Energy&rid=24913499&env=4c48fcdbb12eee6826c7817244fc1960521df71996adb905afbfc4e36d0f936d

Seven million acres of US forestland burned in 2021, compared to 3 million acres in 1991.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3526718-average-acreage-burned-in-wildfires-doubled-since-1991/

Over the next 50 years, climate change will drive thousands of viruses to jump from one mammal species to another—and may increase the risk of a human pandemic.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/science/climate-change-virus-spillover.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20220429&instance_id=59986&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=90809&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Earth's forests absorb 20-25% of the carbon dioxide humans emit, but wildfire, insects & drought threaten those forests.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/19/climate-change-harming-trees?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top