Tuesday, July 2, 2024

As extreme heat hits, Biden warns summer 'has just started'

Joe Biden stands at his podium with his hands raised while he speaks. People are in the background.

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the dangers of elevated heat levels and how it affects millions of people after receiving a briefing on extreme weather.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6437848?cmp=rss

Beryl remains Category 5 hurricane as it rips through open waters toward Jamaica

Fishermen hold onto a rope and pull a boat.

Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-beryl-1.7251822?cmp=rss

The Netherlands isn't known for sunshine. So how did the Dutch become solar leaders?

A worker installs rooftop solar panels in Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Solar is now the cheapest option for new electricity, and the Dutch are all in. The Netherlands is known for scattered showers, abundant waterways, and actively-used agricultural land, so it took ingenuity for the small country to soar to the top of the Europe's solar pyramid.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/solar-power-cheap-netherlands-1.7250118?cmp=rss