How exposed are you to Climate Disasters? Check this map.
What are the chances your house will be hit by a hurricane? Flooded? Or that you’ll face extreme heat or cold?
“Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 year. There were more than 11,000 reported disasters attributed to these hazards globally, with just over two million deaths and $3.64 trillion in losses.” — U.N.
“In 2022, the U.S. experienced 18 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least 1 billion dollars.” — Climate
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Paying the GOP Handsomely to Deny Climate Change — Jacobin
Trump repeatedly denies climate science and says ‘we shouldn’t be worried about global warming’ — Independent
While Texas Heats Up, Its Climate Denying Politicians like Cruz Seek Federal Help — Time
Rick Scott banned the phrase ‘climate change’ — CLTampa
Use this map to connect the dots between fossil fuel political donations to the GOP and your increasing risk from climate change. Still think voting doesn’t matter?
Vote to fight Climate Change
Understand your level of climate risk
The National Risk Index is a dataset and online tool designed by FEMA to show the risk U.S. communities most at risk for 18 natural hazards. The National Risk Index’s interactive mapping and data-based interface enables users to visually explore individual datasets to better understand what is driving a community’s natural hazard risk with minimal technical expertise. Users may also create reports to capture risk details on a community or conduct community-based risk comparisons, as well as export data for analysis using other software. — FEMA
Republicans deny Climate Change
“As climate change unleashed blistering heat, toxic air quality, and deadly floods on millions of Americans this year, congressional Republicans’ two super PACs raked in nearly $4 million from fossil fuel donors. Proving to be money well spent, GOP lawmakers are ramping up a campaign of outright climate denial.
In total, the Congressional Leadership Fund has hauled in more than $19 million so far this year. The group’s communications director boasted this month that the combined haul with its dark money arm, the American Action Network, is significantly outpacing GOP fundraising at this point in the last election cycle.
The Senate GOP’s super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, has received $2.8 million this year from just three fossil fuel firms: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, whose largest shareholder is billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corporation; Denver-based Anschutz Exploration Corporation; and Texas-based refiner Valero Energy Corporation.” — Jacobin
TakeAway: Reduce your Risk from Climate Disaster. Vote for President Biden and Democrats to fight Climate Change.
Deepak
DemLabs
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