by Daniel Brouse June 14, 2025 The Air Quality Index (AQI) categorizes anything above 300 as “hazardous”—the highest and most dangerous level of pollution. Today, Philadelphia has surged to an AQI of 372, while parts of Delaware have exceeded 440, signaling extremely unhealthy conditions for the entire population, not just those with pre-existing health conditions. […]
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Dual Wildfires and Climate Change Push Philly Air to ‘Hazardous’ Levels
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Trump’s FEMA Cutbacks: Disaster for Homeowners or Wake-Up Call on Climate Policy?
by Daniel Brouse June 11, 2025 In a recent statement, President Donald Trump declared, “We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level. A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor.” He […]
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Smoke Haze Over Philadelphia
A thick haze continues to linger over Philadelphia, driven by smoke from persistent Canadian wildfires. The region is currently under a Code Orange air quality alert, signaling unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, and those with respiratory or heart issues. While the smoke largely remains in the upper atmosphere, it occasionally […]
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Climate Denial at the Helm: How Trump’s Legacy Endangers Public Safety and Freedom
by Daniel Brouse June 5, 2025 The Trump administration’s ongoing denial of climate science and persistent spread of misinformation continues to pose a grave threat to public safety, national preparedness, and democratic freedoms. This threat is vividly illustrated by a recent incident involving David Richardson, the newly appointed head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
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Toxic Skies: Ozone, Wildfires, and Saharan Dust Collide Across the U.S.
by Daniel Brouse June 4, 2025 Air Quality Today: A Triple Threat Across the United States today, millions are facing a dangerous cocktail of air pollution events driven by both human activity and climate disruption. From Canadian wildfires and Saharan dust storms to toxic ground-level ozone, Americans are increasingly breathing air that threatens their health, […]
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The War on Science and Education: How Conspiracy Politics Are Undermining America’s Future
by Daniel Brouse June 4, 2025 For years, the Republican Party wages a systematic campaign to undermine science and dismantle the foundations of public education. This effort is most prominently led by Donald Trump, whose presidency marks a dramatic escalation in anti-scientific rhetoric and policy. Trump’s denial of climate science is blatant and persistent. In […]
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Unseen Borders: How Climate Change, Wildfires, and Saharan Dust Are Choking U.S. Skies
by Daniel Brouse June 3, 2025 Climate change is rapidly transforming the quality of the air we breathe—and its effects are neither local nor contained. As global temperatures rise, so too do the intensity and frequency of wildfires, droughts, and dust storms, with far-reaching consequences that extend across continents and oceans. Air pollution has become […]
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Air Quality Warnings Stretch from Midwest to East Coast as Canadian Wildfires Trigger Mass Evacuations
FLIN FLON, Manitoba – May 31, 2025 — Massive wildfires sweeping across Canada’s prairie province of Manitoba have forced the evacuation of thousands, with the city of Flin Flon nearly emptied as dangerous fire conditions persist. The smoke from these wildfires has drifted far beyond Canada’s borders, triggering widespread air quality alerts across the U.S. […]
Climate Risk: The Sixth ‘C’ Transforming Credit and Mortgage Markets
The First Street Foundation’s report, “Climate, the Sixth ‘C’ of Credit,” introduces climate risk as a critical factor in credit assessments, alongside the traditional five Cs: character, capacity, capital, conditions, and collateral. This addition reflects the growing impact of climate-related events on mortgage markets and financial stability. Key Findings 1. Climate Risk as a Credit […]
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Trump’s War on Climate Science: Shuttering NASA’s GISS and Silencing the Truth
by Daniel Brouse May 24, 2025 For nearly 60 years, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has been one of the world’s leading climate research centers. Tucked atop a Columbia University building in Manhattan since 1966, it played a pivotal role in the early modeling of climate change, helped interpret Earth-observing satellite data, and […]
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