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July Was The Hottest Month In History

It wasn’t your imagination. July was the hottest month the continental US has seen since records began, federal scientists have said. Last month, the average temperature was 77.6F (25.3C), hotter than the old record from July 1936, during a period of severe drought known in the US as the Dust Bowl. The last 12 months were the warmest since modern …

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Bad Weather Threatens Ozone Layer

According to a new study, this summer’s waves of ferocious thunderstorms are threatening the ozone layer over North America. Strong summer thunderstorms that pump water high into the upper atmosphere pose a threat to the protective ozone layer over the United States, researchers said on Thursday, drawing one of the first links between climate change and ozone loss over populated …

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Food Costs To Rise Due To Weather

Unsurprisingly, these unrelenting heat waves and the worst drought in five decades is going to make itself known in your shopping cart. “It is one extra kick in the stomach” for low-income families, said Chris G. Christopher, senior principal economist at IHS, a consulting firm. “There’s a lot of people in this country living paycheck to paycheck. This is not …

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Greenland Sees 97% Ice Melt

Shades of The Day After Tomorrow. Details.

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Arizona Dust Storm

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Rains Flood NYC Subway

Yesterday’s deluge in NYC may have brought about the welcome end to this summer’s fourth heat wave, but it also flooded numerous subway platforms. Personally, I wouldn’t slog through subway grunge for a gajillion dollars. Rat bodies and human waste? Fuhgeddaboudit.

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Relief Is On The Way, NYC

All-time heat records are tumbling once again today, but Gothamites will see relief within 48 hours when (allegedly) we’ll see a 25-degree drop in the daily high. For now, Con Ed, whose union workers are still locked out in a contract dispute, is calling on customers to cut back on “unnecessary” power usage. (Via JMG reader Mike)

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Today We Are All Red States

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Pity DC

And lots of people still don’t have power. The number of households without power dropped Thursday, but for the half a million people still in the dark after last week’s heat-driven storms, life was just as uncomfortable. The thermometer was still hovering around the 100-degree mark in many places, and it’s not likely to move much until the start of …

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AP Report On Global Warming

According to the Associated Press, “this U.S. summer is what global warming looks like.” The usual disclaimers about weather vs climate are at the link. If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. …

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DC Still Dark

Huge chunks of Washington DC and its surrounding counties are going into a fourth day without electricity, with relief for hundreds of thousands not expected until Friday. Politicians may not have been happy Sunday when power companies told customers that their electricity may not return until the end of the week, but the severity of Friday night’s storm left utility …

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Con Ed Locks Out NYC Union

Con Edison has locked out more than 8000 New York City workers after union negotiations broke down early yesterday. The workers, members of the utility’s largest union, were locked out after their contract expired at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, and talks broke down less than two hours later. About 5,000 managers, including some former union members, will step in to keep …

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Partly Cloudy And A Chance Of Godzilla

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NYC’s Con Ed Union Threatens Strike

As the temperature in New York City again teases the triple-digit mark, the local Con Ed union says it may go on strike at midnight tonight. Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America vows to strike if it can’t reach a deal by midnight, when its current four-year contract expires. Both sides were far apart yesterday on pay, …

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Mad Dogs And Englishmen, CTD

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Wildfires Worsen In Colorado

CNN says that the Air Force Academy has been evacuated.

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TAMPA: Tropical Storm Debby Threatens Site Of Republican Convention

CNN is reporting that the storm surge from Tropical Storm Debby is battering the coastline near the Tampa Convention Center, sending waves crashing onto Bayshore Boulevard, one of the entrance routes into the building. The Tampa Tribune reports that organizers are not worried. “Ingress and egress into downtown is still available,” Buckhorn said Monday. “Bayshore (Boulevard) is really the only …

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Pride Weather Forecast

New York City.San Francisco.Chicago.Seattle.Houston.Minneapolis.

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