LA Times: Air conditioning battery program for renters could help cities manage heat waves

"...NEW YORK — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, power companies may ask customers to do something many probably won’t: Set the air conditioner a few degrees higher....Now, a renter-friendly pilot program in New York City is testing a different approach: plug-in batteries that can power air conditioners during peak demand, helping ease pressure on the grid at its most stressed moments while still keeping residents cool....Every Electric’s program works specifically for people with window AC units, who are typically renters. It reduces demand by using stored battery power. ..."

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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-13/battery-program-for-renters-air-conditioners-could-help-cities-manage-heat-waves

#climateemergency #heatwaves

CNN: ‘Not normal’: On one April day, all of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities were in a single country

"...On one day in late April, something very unusual happened. Every single one of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities was in just one country: India. .."

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/05/11/climate/50-hottest-cities-aqi-india-heatwave

#heatwaves #heat #climateemergency #ministryofthefuture

#heat #heatdome #ExtremeWeather #ClimateBreakdown

#FayeDSouza on the causes, effects and solutions of the severe #heatwaves in #India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsF7ABFHsME

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

European State of the Climate 2025 report published

Warming is reducing #snow and #ice cover, while dangerously high surface air temperatures, #drought, and #heatwaves, as well as record-high #ocean temperatures, are affecting regions across the continent, from the #Arctic to the #Mediterranean. The result is increasing impacts – from record heatwaves over land and at sea, to devastating #wildfires, and accelerating #biodiversity loss – with consequences for #societies and #ecosystems across #Europe.  

The #ESOTC report is produced by the #EU’s #Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by #ECMWF, and the World Meteorological Organization (#WMO), and brings together the work of around 100 scientific contributors.

Report:
https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2026/european-state-climate-2025-report-published