#PacificNorthwest #flooding offers sneak peek of hotter climate's toll

The ocean-crossing #storms known as #AtmosphericRivers are nothing new: They deliver precipitation up & down the #WestCoast every winter & are the source of close to half of W. Washington & W. Oregon’s precipitation from Nov to April. But #climate scientists expect them to grow more powerful, arrive more frequently, & last longer as Earth’s climate keeps warming.

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather
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Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll

“The science is clear that floods are going to become larger and more frequent in the future,” Washington State Climatologist Guillaume Mauger said.

^{John Ryan (KUOW Public Radio)}

Fixed that headline for you, AP

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#EPA #ClimateChange #USPol #Environment

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Federal judge throws out #Trump order blocking development of #wind #energy

A federal judge on Monday struck down Trump’s executive order blocking #WindEnergy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of #WindFarms on federal #lands & #waters was “arbitrary & capricious” & violates US #law.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #energy
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