Twenty-one young people on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change. The youth activists in a so-called petition for a writ of mandamus, opens new tab argued that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of… Read More »Young people ask US Supreme Court to revive climate change lawsuit The post Young people ask US Supreme Court to revive climate change lawsuit first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

The smokestacks on the aging Sherco coal power plant tower over gleaming solar panels that stretch across thousands of acres of farmland. The polluting coal plant is on its way out, scheduled for retirement in the next five years. It’s generated billions of dollars’ worth of electricity in its 50-year life, but the most valuable… Read More »A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge The post A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge first appeared on Welcome To A Global A ..read more

The mayor of a Polish city has asked all 44,000 residents to evacuate, as widespread flooding continues to batter central Europe. Nysa mayor Kordian Kolbiarz asked people to head for higher ground, citing the risk of an embankment breaching and releasing a cascade of water into the town from a nearby lake. The death toll… Read More »Polish city urged to evacuate as floods batter central Europe The post Polish city urged to evacuate as floods batter central Europe first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

Last week, record prison sentences were handed down to five British climate activists for organizing a multi-day protest on the M25, the motorway that goes around London. Four of them received sentences of four years each. The fifth, Roger Hallam, got a five-year sentence. These sentences are an alarming escalation in the criminalization of climate… Read More »In the UK, a dangerous escalation in the criminalization of climate protests The post In the UK, a dangerous escalation in the criminalization of climate protests first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees them more clearly than other instruments… Read More »Alphabet soup: NASA’s GOLD mission finds surprising C, X shapes in atmosphere The post Alphabet soup: NASA’s GOLD mission finds surprising C, X shapes in atmosphere first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region’s south hit the hardest, according to a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published on Monday. Last year was the world’s hottest on record. As climate change continues to increase temperatures, Europeans live in… Read More »More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says The post More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

A deadly and fast-spreading wildfire tore through several neighborhoods close to the Greek capital of Athens on Monday, triggering a multi-pronged rescue effort coordinated with European allies. Emergency crews were extinguishing smaller hotspots amid an “improving” situation, the national fire service reported Tuesday, after the main blaze began Sunday afternoon near the town of Varnavas, north of… Read More »Evacuations ordered near Athens as Greek authorities try to contain wildfires The post Evacuations ordered near Athens as Greek authorities try to contain wildfires first ..read more

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “the urban heat island… Read More »Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities The post Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

From the unique vantage point in space, NASA collects critical long-term observations of our changing planet. Explore their new site here The post Explore the new NASA Climate Change website first appeared on Welcome To A Global Awakening ..read more

A weeklong heat wave in the West smashed over 50 all-time temperature records. See some of the most notable ones, including 124 degrees in Palm Springs A weeklong heat wave has incinerated multiple temperature records in the West, subjected millions of people to unrelenting sweltering conditions and caused dozens of deaths. More than 50 cities in California and Nevada broke all-time heat records in the first five days of July, according to AccuWeather. Some areas experienced temperatures up to 20 degrees over historical averages. REPOSTED FROM USATODAY.COM – READ FULL ARTICLE HERE The post Hea ..read more