Washington's governor on climate: 'The Earth is screaming at us'

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Gov. Jay Inslee said that the consequences of climate change have hit sooner than expected.

A digital billboard displays the temperature July 17, 2023, in downtown Phoenix. | AP Photo/Matt YorkWashington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday that this summer’s record-setting heat is proof that climate change is harming the planet.

June and July have seen scorching heat waves in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, with July 6t h having been identified as“The fuse has been burning for decades and now the climate change bomb has gone off,” Inslee said Sunday. “We need to stop using fossil fuels,” he said, adding: “We do have the ability to restrain fossil fuels.”

 

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Climate change may be changing the color of Earth's oceansRobert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University. Follow him on Twitter sciencef1rst.
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