Right now, in the U.S. and around the world, climate change is causing major weather events and catastrophic situations to occur, negatively impacting everyone in its path. This includes flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, and many other dangerous disasters. It’s important to know what is causing this and do our best to figure out ways to prevent these causes from further damaging our environment.
Tag: Crisis
The Worlds Food Crisis is About to Get Worse
After six months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine – two farming powerhouses – a teetering global food system was plunged into a full-blown catastrophe, leaving millions of people facing starvation. The war between Russia and Ukraine is already fueled by climate change, soaring living costs, and a fertilizer price hike that is causing the most extreme global food crisis we have seen in decades. A U.N. brokered agreement to reopen the Black Sea for food ships may not be enough to relieve millions of people struggling to eat across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
12 U.S. Military Bases Are Polluting
Local Water
High levels of what officials are calling ‘forever chemicals’ have been found in groundwater around at least 12 military sites in the Great Lakes region, contaminating drinking water across multiple states. Data released last week by the military and circulated by the Environmental Working
Group have shown PFAS (an abbreviation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have “oozed into the Great Lakes and pose a risk to people who eat fish tainted with the chemicals.” The data also shows levels of PFAS going past federal health advice for two compounds.
Blackout in Puerto Rico, Millions Without Power
More than a million citizens and tourists woke up early Thursday morning without power due to a fire that broke out overnight at a nearby power plant. The two companies responsible for providing electricity services to about 3.2 million people in Puerto Rico have not yet started when they think the power will be fully restored or what caused the circuit-breaker to catch fire overnight.
Climate Change Remains Invisible in the State of the Union
Climate change is like a child who was forgotten in the car when the parents go out to eat for an evening meal. The crisis in Ukraine is strongly presented in the discussion of politics. War contributes a lot to climate change and yet the war on healing global warming barely scratched the surface of the recent State of the Union. President Biden stated that he would drive the United States to climate change purposes, but it was not mentioned in the State of the Union.
The War With Ukraine Threatens Soccer Sponsorships
With Russia’s recent invasion in Ukraine Thursday morning, their actions are scaring away sponsorships for the future UEFA games. The 2022 UEFA game would be in St. Petersburg, Russia. European nations wanted to relocate the game in fear of the aftermath of the war, but the organizers of the Champion League have yet to make the relocation on the soccer tournament. UEFA is hoping that Russia would sooner head to peace because so many civilian lives are affected by the invasion.
