And Don't Even Think About Air Conditioning!

onJun 28, 2007 @ 11:54 PDT

Global warming will increase world death rate

The increase in extremely hot summers predicted by climate change models will lead to a higher death toll that will not be offset by fewer deaths during warmer winters, say researchers. “The increase in mortality when you have one extra cold snap is 1.59%, but the increase in mortality for an additional heatwave is 5.74%,” explains Mercedes Medina-Ramón of Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

By Ross Gelbspan

Somalia’s Parliament and Public Are Questioning the President’s Shadowy Oil Deal With Turkey

ByOscar Rothstein

on Nov 10, 2026 @ 20:00 MST

Some MPs say the arrangement — which gives Turkish Petroleum 95 percent of revenues on estimated 20 billion barrels of oil — is "illegitimate".

UN Fails to Disclose Company Names on Biodiversity Summit Delegates List

ByRachel Sherrington, Clare Carlile and Brigitte Wear

on Nov 10, 2026 @ 09:39 MST

Hundreds of representatives from the world’s most powerful industry bodies representing sectors that harm, or exploit, the natural world were present on the ground at the October nature summit in ...

Series: Big Ag's Climate Push

French Oil Giant Backs Dozens of Lobby Groups Fighting New Methane Rules Around the World

ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan

on Nov 10, 2026 @ 04:07 MST

TotalEnergies has won plaudits for voluntary steps to tackle the planet-heating gas. So why does it fund moves to delay, dilute or dismantle regulation?