Extreme weather from climate change increases urgency of pollution reductions

The Hill: The warnings about climate change have grown to a deafening roar. This summer we are experiencing deadly heat waves and costly drought. The recent heat led to at least 55 fatalities. The New York Times describes the widespread drought. The drought that has settled over more than half of the continental United States this summer is the most widespread in more than half a century. And it is likely to grow worse. The government has declared one-third of the nation's counties…to be federal disaster...

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