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Steven A Henry via Getty Images Scott Stringer, an early front-runner for New York City mayor, pledged to completely phase out fossil fuels, drive private utility companies out of the nation’s largest metropolis, and “electrify everything” in a near total embrace of climate activists’ demands ahead of this year’s election. The 34-page proposal Stringer laid out Sunday would transform the five boroughs, glazing the rooftops with solar panels and battery units, prioritizing bike lanes and pedestrian walkways over highways, and providing new programs to make electricity cheaper and green jobs more plentiful for the city’s squeezed working class.
The streets of the Indian city of Bengaluru were covered in white foam, as seen in footage captured on Wednesday, and residents continued to struggle with the toxic froth spilling out of the city’s lakes due to a concoction of chemicals and sewage, which are then carried across the city by winds. The foam has become a regular fixture in the city, carrying with it a number of chemicals, including dangerous nitrates and sulphates, which have lead to health problems among residents.
Siberia is known for its extremely cold winters and harsh climates, but when summer rolls around, all that snow has to go somewhere. Like a scene straight out of the Kevin Kostner film Waterworld, this drone footage captured the surreal spectacle on the tarmac of the DOSAAF aviation sports club, near Ishim city, located in the heart of Siberia, after severe flooding submerged the airfield under water on Monday, May 15.
A group of researchers believes temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa will rise dramatically over the course of the 21st century.
Research predicts that within 15 to 20 years, human-caused deoxygenation will be felt across the world’s oceans.
The rising waters of the Bei River have nearly engulfed lampposts in flood-hit Qingyuan city in southern China, with the government issuing highest its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. IMAGES
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