- NBC News
NOAA issues highest-ever May forecast for the coming hurricane season
In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever issued in May, forecasters with NOAA predict an above-normal number of storms.
- Associated Press
'Heat dome' leads to sweltering temperatures in Mexico, Central America and US South
Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees. Meteorologists say the conditions have been caused by what some refer to as a heat dome — an area of strong high pressure centered over the southern Gulf of Mexico and northern Central America that blocked clouds from forming and caused extensive sunshine and hot temperatures. This extreme heat is occurring in a world that is quickly warming due to greenhouse gases, which come from the burning of fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal.
- Benzinga
Exxon Wins Round One in Lawsuit Against Climate Activist Investor: Report
A U.S. judge reportedly allowed a lawsuit from Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) against an activist shareholder group that is seeking to bar their climate resolution. The lawsuit raised alarm among activists and proxy advisers who argued it would muzzle debate among shareholders and public companies, Reuters reported. Notably, in January, Exxon sued climate activist groups Arjuna Capital and shareholder activist group Follow This, stating that it would not drop the matter after they agreed to
