Dear MoveOn member,
From the torrential rain and floods drowning Vermont and parts of upstate
New York to the dangerous and unrelenting heat baking the Southwest,
extreme weather is becoming the new normal, supercharged by climate
change.^1
In Vermont, the Winooski River, which runs through Montpelier, crested at
21 feet early on Tuesday.^2
Thousands of people in Vermont have lost their homes or businesses—-or
both.^3 A hardware store owner in in downtown Barre, Vermont, has nine
feet of rain in his store's flooded basement, causing him to lose an
estimated $300,000 in inventory.^4
A 43-year-old woman in upstate New York died in a flash flood last Sunday
while trying to rescue her dad's dog.^5
More than 50 million people across the South and West are experiencing
dangerous and deadly levels of heat.^6
In response to this extreme weather, climate activist Bill McKibben said,
"This is the last slap upside the head we're going to get when it might
still matter. It's obviously a pivotal moment in the Earth's climatic
history. It also needs to be a pivotal moment in the Earth's political
history."^7
John, we urgently need to intensify pressure on lawmakers at
all levels of government to confront the climate crisis. That's why MoveOn
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The hottest days ever recorded on the planet occurred a week ago Tuesday.
That record was tied the next day. And then broken again the day after
that.^8
And, yet, there's still reason for optimism: We still have a window to
prevent ever-worsening extreme weather events and catastrophic climate
change by coming together to pressure lawmakers to end our reliance on
fossil fuels and shift to clean, renewable energy.
The time is now. And it couldn't be more urgent.
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Thanks for all you do.
–Kelly, Elizabeth, Oscar, Emily, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the 'New Normal.'" The New York
Times, July 10, 2023
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2. "In Cities and Small Towns, Vermonters Reckon With the Devastation of
Flooding," The New York Times, July 11, 2023
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3. "What to Know About Vermont's Devastating Floods," The New York Times,
July 12, 2023
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4. "In Cities and Small Towns, Vermonters Reckon With the Devastation of
Flooding," The New York Times, July 11, 2023
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5. Ibid.
6. "In Phoenix, Heat Becomes a Brutal Test of Endurance," The New York
Times, July 12, 2023
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7. "Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the 'New Normal.'" The New York
Times, July 10, 2023
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8. "For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record.
What's behind those big numbers?" Associated Press, July 7, 2023
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