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The reward, with any luck, is a world with not as much deadly air pollution from fossil fuels — and not as many devastating fires, heat waves and storms.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Blistering heat waves and powerful atmospheric rivers that topple trees onto homes and cars and cause landslides in the hills have also become annual occurrences.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
America has never been more vulnerable to catastrophes like wildfires, floods, severe storms and heat waves.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The planet’s record-high average temperature last year reflected the weekslong, 104-degree-Fahrenheit spring heat waves that shuttered schools in Bangladesh and India.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Blistering heat waves and powerful atmospheric rivers that topple trees onto homes and cars and cause landslides in the hills have also become annual occurrences.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
America has never been more vulnerable to catastrophes like wildfires, floods, severe storms and heat waves.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The planet’s record-high average temperature last year reflected the weekslong, 104-degree-Fahrenheit spring heat waves that shuttered schools in Bangladesh and India.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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