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Creation of "chief heat officers" in Arizona
Environment and Climate News Podcast
English - June 11, 2024 16:03 - 33 minutes - 26 MB - ★★★ - 156 ratingsScience Natural Sciences global warming environment climate realist change Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Phoenix is hiring a "Chief Heat Officer," in response to rising heat related deaths, which the city blames on climate change. The truth is most of those dying are homeless or drug addicts with underlying health conditions, people already in poor health. As far as Phoenix's heat, that is due, not to climate change but the city's massive growth and related increased Urban Heat Island effect. Responding to homelessness and drug use will do far more to prevent premature deaths in Phoenix than efforts to fight climate change or control the weather.