“They’re getting more intense, they’re occurring more often, they last longer, they’re more expensive and they’re more deadly,” Rep. Dina Titus said of extreme heat waves Wednesday morning on a town hall Zoom call.
Despite the chilly temperatures of December, this year’s record heat is top of mind for community organizers and politicians alike, as climate trends project warming to continue across the globe in the years to come.
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“Now this extreme heat is killing a record number of people every year, and you know it kills more people than tornadoes and hurricanes put together,” Titus said as part of the reason she is pushing new legislation for FEMA…