Heat Attack

A heat dome is forming over much of the continental US, bringing high temperatures and high humidity for possibly a prolonged period.  In some parts of the country triple digit temperatures alone will flirt with danger.  Even without this soon-not-to-be extraordinary event, it's been a hot summer already in many places. Pittsburgh has experienced 9 days with temps of 90F or above, and it's barely mid-July, when the old standard was highs in the mid-80s.  The hot days used to be mostly in August and early September.  So now much of the country deals with excessive heat on top of the covid crisis, with vulnerable communities also facing hurricanes and wildfires.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden announced his climate plan which addresses global heating and the causes of the climate crisis by building in a commitment to a non-carbon electrical grid by 2035, and a carbon neutral economy by 2050, while juicing the economy and attending to racial and economic disparities that have left minority and poor communities with higher air and water pollution, and therefore more incidences of environmentally related conditions and illnesses, like asthma and cancers.