Climate

Climate Crisis - The United States is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in years. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 60% of land area in the Lower 48 are reporting a moderate drought or worse – the largest share since November 2022. With the summer months rapidly approaching, dangerously dry conditions across the country are setting the stage for a potentially devastating wildfire season. In the last decade, wildfires have directly resulted in 383 fatalities and another 638 injuries in the United States, according to the National Weather Service. 

Financial Times -  The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week that the month of March was the warmest for the contiguous US in its 132 year record. The April 2025–March 2026 period now stands as the warmest 12-month span recorded since 1895.

The heat is worsening the country’s drought, which has spread to 60 per cent of the US, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center — or the widest extent of drought in early April since the center began monitoring in 2000.