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Zahra Hirji@zhirji.bsky.social |
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Mom. She/her. Bloomberg News climate reporter. Past BuzzFeed News, InsideClimate News. Views are my own. Email: zhirji@bloomberg.net
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Zahra Hirji
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"I think we’re asking a lot of people right now to fight for our planet, & forgetting a very important first step of connecting to this planet. And that is why I will advocate until the day I die for people to just get the heck outside" - Pattie Gonia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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One reason heat deaths are undercounted in India? Impacted families may be “eligible for certain compensation,” says Bhargav Krishna of the Sustainable Futures Collaborative, which can result in physicians being “more conservative in declaring a heat death.”
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"More people are dying from heat, while academics, medical professionals and government officials struggle to keep track." writes @zhirji.bsky.social gift link
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Officially this year, there have been 63 heat deaths in Thailand, at least 143 in India, at least 172 in Mexico, & 1,300+ in a week during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Unofficially, these numbers are a fraction of heat’s true toll.
Story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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When a brutal heat wave struck BC in 2021, 600+ people died, including many elderly people living alone without AC. Officials have since been “trying to push on this idea that it’s the indoor temperatures you need to pay attention to,” says BC CDC's Sarah Henderson. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In the heat, "we assume that because [people] are not complaining, they are okay," says Glen Kenny of the University of Ottawa. "That is garbage."
Some people, esp the elderly, may not know they are suffering from extreme heat before its too late. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A new version of the popular board game Catan released this week puts players squarely in the 21st century, with climate change a known threat.
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The South Carolina Department of Education said AP African American studies will not be offered in the state’s schools anymore
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Keeping thinking about how there are diff health conditions that may impair the body's heat response, & the medicines used to treat them further impair that response.
“Medications kind of ironically can amplify some of those heat effects,” said one physician. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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People are really bad at knowing when they are dehydrated, too. Here, in the humid South, the heat and humidity go hand-in-hand. If you are out there, hydrate. Hydrate before you go out. Hydrate after you go out. Hydrate even if you don’t go out. Your body will thank you for it.
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Zahra Hirji
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Asking your parent or grandparent or elderly neighbor if they are okay during a heat wave isn't the right question to ask. They may say "yes" and think its true when the answer is actually "no."
Read why in my latest Bloomberg News story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Katharine Hayhoe
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So timely - my newsletter last week was all about this as well!
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Zahra Hirji
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Ugh, I'm so sorry! That's tragic.
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From the story, here's a guide folks in Canada put together on what to ask at risk folks (including elderly) during high heat, both if you're in-person or afar. Rather than asking if you're ok, you can ask "how are you sleeping?" and "what's the temp inside?" www.bccdc.ca/about/news-s...
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Zahra Hirji
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I learned so much in the reporting of this story, but the piece I can't stop thinking about is how older adults "don't sense heat in the same way," according to UOttawa's Glen Kenny.
In other words, the elderly can't easily self-identify harmful heat.
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Zahra Hirji
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Older adults (roughly 65+) are highly at risk of extreme heat today. This is a problem that will intensify in the future, as temperatures rise due to worsening climate change *and* the aging population gets bigger.
Story at Bloomberg News (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zahra Hirji
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Planting trees. Cooling centers. Spreading awareness about the dangers of heat.
We spoke with Chief Heat Officers in Athens, Dhaka North in Bangladesh, Melbourne, and Miami-Dade County about developing a global playbook for deadly temperatures (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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In a speech today, UN Secretary General António Guterres urged advertising, media and big tech companies to "stop taking fossil fuel advertising" and countries to "ban advertising from fossil fuel companies"
Story at Bloomberg News, here w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Many fashion companies say they want to substantially cut their greenhouse gas emissions — but evaluating their progress is tricky.
@zhirji.bsky.social and Sana Pashankar investigated 38 of the world's biggest brands. Here's what they found ⬇️
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I've also never spent so much time making, check, and re-checking a single chart as I did on this one: bsky.app/profile/zhir...
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Is your favorite fashion brand cutting emissions? Here's how American Eagle, Fast Retailing, Gap, Lululemon + 16 others compare (but for many others the available data makes it tricky to assess):
Full story at Bloomberg News here, with a free link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A ballot initiative threatening to repeal Washington's fledgling cap-and-invest program is *already* distorting the carbon market's auctions. Allowances went for ~$63 in the state auction last August, but fell to nearly $26 in the state's March auction.
Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A high-stakes climate fight is brewing in Washington state: a ballot initiative bankrolled by wealthy Seattle-area investor Brian Heywood seeks to repeal the state's carbon market. Meanwhile, a broad coalition is now defending the policy, including Amazon & BP. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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As the US prepares for another summer of potentially record-breaking heat, the Biden administration on Monday unveiled a new tool called HeatRisk to help Americans anticipate high temperatures and their potential impact on human health.
Free link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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If the rising price of homeowners insurance were factored into the US Consumer Price Index—a key metric of inflation—it could have added 80 basis points, or ~0.8%, to last year’s CPI increase of 3.4%, according to a new Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Iconic cherry trees in Japan and the US are blossoming earlier as climate change brings warmer temperatures, upending a fixture of the spring calendar in major cities.
Read the full story for free here: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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In January, Texas fires pumped out 440,400 tons of CO2 emissions, according to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service data
February saw even more fire activity, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire, emitting a staggering 2.9M tons of CO2 emissions in February www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Maybe you've heard of wildfires impacted forests tied to carbon credits. But what about fires impacting regenerative ranches linked to carbon credits?
My latest at Bloomberg News digs into such an example unfolding in the Texas Panhandle: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Texas fires released roughly 3.4 million metric ton of carbon dioxide in January and February, according to a new analysis.
Full story here at Bloomberg News here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“The climate movement doesn’t have a persuasion problem as much as we have a turnout problem," Nathaniel Stinnett told me at Bloomberg News. His group, the Environmental Voter Project, is trying to change that.
My latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Rebecca Spang
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I still can’t quite fathom that people have multiple beef meals per month, let alone week or day. But if you eat it at all, this is good advice. Such an easy way to make a positive difference!
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Richard Waite
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I'm not usually a "this one weird trick" type of person but given that beef production accounts for *nearly half* of US diet-related GHG emissions and land use, eating less beef and more of just about anything else (except lamb and goat - similar resource requirements) can make a big difference. 🧪
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Zahra Hirji
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Fun fact: Swapping out beef for a *single meal* can potentially cut your food-related carbon footprint for the day by *roughly half*.
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Next time you’re out for lunch, try playing a little game: Without looking it up, can you find the most and least climate-friendly options on the menu? Here’s a hint: If there’s beef, that’s probably it.
In a new story, I dig into beef's outsized carbon footprint: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Zahra Hirji
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The greatest threats to our existence today are caused by human activity rather than nature acting alone, according to a recent United Nations report.
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Akshat Rathi
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The biggest gap in fighting climate change is not enough money is being invested in solutions in developing countries. Past few years have seen proposals, but not much action.
The Green Guarantee Company aims to change that.
Story with @zhirji.bsky.social
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“Will it shorten our lives?” “How will it affect my grandson and his kids?”
Residents of East Palestine, OH told me how they worry about the possible long-term impacts of living so close to a toxic train derailment.
My story at Bloomberg News: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hundreds of Ohio residents & emergency responders reported at least 1 new or worsened symptom since the derailment, including headaches, anxiety + coughing, per an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry survey. The Ohio Department of Health is planning another survey for this month.
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One year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, residents have little information about long-term health impacts. @zhirji.bsky.social reports:
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A year after a fiery train crash unleashed a cocktail of chemicals in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, residents are still no closer to understanding what, if any, long-term health problems await.
Find out what's being done about it. Free link at Bloomberg News: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
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Gah no paywall/giftlink
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Dej Knuckey
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Thank goodness - I'm in a Women and Climate group who met up at COP28 and we've been fuming about this and starting to compile a list of women candidates to suggest - but looks like he heard the outrage from around the half of the sky we hold up.
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Azeri President Ilham Aliyev added 12 women to the organizing committee of the COP29 climate summit, to be held in Baku later this year, after his government was criticized for including none in the original line-up.
Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carbon dioxide emissions are on track for one of the biggest increases on record this year. That jump is the result human-induced pollution + El Niño, which weakens the ability of the world’s natural carbon sinks to absorb CO2, according to a UK Met Office forecast www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amanda Kolson Hurley
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Old-school climate denial on YouTube has mostly given way to Denial 2.0: Global warming is nbd, climate solutions don't work and the science is unreliable. Good writeup of new research by @zhirji.bsky.social [free to read]
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Zahra Hirji
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Videos overtly denying human-made climate change are declining on certain YouTube channels, while those going after climate solutions are ramping up, per a new report. Full story for free: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🧵: As the world nears a dangerous climate tipping point, snowpack is disappearing in many regions that are most dependent on it (free @bloomberg.com link):
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Zahra Hirji
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Munich Re's Ernst Rauch: “as the number of thunderstorms increases, we have to think about a new classification.”
Full story at Bloomberg News: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Over the past few decades, the climate change-El Niño double whammy has produced a string of record hot years. (And the second year of a strong El Niño is often warmer than the first.)
Full story at Bloomberg News, with free gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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