In the Northern Hemisphere in 2017 and 2018 brought several destructive hurricanes to the shores of North America, the Caribbean, and throughout the Pacific rim. Such extreme weather events are predicted to get more common and more severe with increasing climate change.
Several participating classes in the ISCFC were or are in the path of these storms and we hope for the best for them, their families and communities.
We would love to hear from students affected directly and indirectly by extreme weather events, and also any students who have been following the news this summer.
What are your thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events? Has this hurricane season increased your concern about climate change or not? Do you think that US citizens and residents (and others in the region) will take climate change more seriously now?
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BIG WIRES ACT
Everyone knows that the extreme weather Earth is experiencing right now that has increased in regularity and severity due to climate change is just a trailer. A preview. A warning of the threat that climate change poses to us; all of the extreme weather events are going to get worse. The wildfires, the monsoons, the tsunamis, the hurricanes, the tornados, the droughts, etc. And with these worsening weather events, the question of access to energy comes into the picture. Unfortunately for many people across the world, and specifically in the USA, access to energy has been prevented due to extreme weather events. The California flooding power outages, the Texas winter power outages, and many, many more. What if I told you there was something you could do about it?
Introducing: The BIG WIRES Act (Building Integrated Grids with Interregional Energy Supply). This piece of legislation which is being lobbied for right this moment in Congress, would provide " . . . reliable, resilient grid that can provide affordable electricity in the face of ever more extreme weather events" (CCL 2023). This act works to speed up the approval process of energy transmission lines, so that different regions across the country can assist the others with supplying energy during the horrific climate change extreme weather events.
Advocate to your representative today to support the BIG WIRES Act!!!
Works Cited:
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/n … wires-act/