Why Talk of 'Climate Hushing’ is Getting Louder

Europe is absolutely cooking right now, but not in a good way.

A heat dome has parked itself over the continent for the second time in two months, sending temperatures and danger spiking.

In France, authorities report at least 40 drownings as people tried to find relief in whatever water they could find.

But also heat-related deaths that we've begun to hear of, at least 18 here in France, and that's likely to continue climbing, sadly.

Heat alerts were up in 26 countries on Monday from Ireland to Greece.

France had its hottest day on record on Tuesday.

The town of Pissos hit a sizzling 111 degrees Fahrenheit.

Most of the country's under weather warnings, impacting transportation and closing museums and tourist destinations.

In fact, it's so hot in France that authorities banned drinking alcohol in public at certain events.

That's why we're at the pool, to try and cool down a little.

But yeah, it's, it's a lot.

It's a lot for me.

Experts say heat waves like this will only become more frequent as a result of human-caused climate change, and Europe is heating at around two to three times the global average, but it does not have the infrastructure to keep up.

For one, air conditioning is much less common in Europe.

Only about 20% of homes have AC compared to 90% in the US, and we've seen in the US when heat waves like this one hit, the demand for electricity soars.

And experts say that demand is only gonna go up as more artificial intelligence data centers get built.

So where is all that power gonna come from?

Clean, beautiful coal.

Clean, beautiful coal.

Absolutely.

The Trump administration has gone big on reviving the coal industry, the most polluting of all the fossil fuels.

The Energy Department has ordered at least five aging coal-fired power plants to stay open, even though they were scheduled to shut down.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced $700 million in new federal funding for the coal industry, which includes the construction of two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia.

And the first new coal plants to open in our country since 2013.

Couldn't open, couldn't even think.

Europe is absolutely cooking right now, but not in a good way.

A heat dome has parked itself over the continent for the second time in two months, sending temperatures and danger spiking.

In France, authorities report at least 40 drownings as people tried to find relief in whatever water they could find.

But also heat-related deaths that we've begun to hear of, at least 18 here in France, and that's likely to continue climbing, sadly.

Heat alerts were up in 26 countries on Monday from Ireland to Greece.

France had its hottest day on record on Tuesday.

The town of Pissos hit a sizzling 111 degrees Fahrenheit.

Most of the country's under weather warnings, impacting transportation and closing museums and tourist destinations.

In fact, it's so hot in France that authorities banned drinking alcohol in public at certain events.

That's why we're at the pool, to try and cool down a little.

But yeah, it's, it's a lot.

It's a lot for me.

Experts say heat waves like this will only become more frequent as a result of human-caused climate change, and Europe is heating at around two to three times the global average, but it does not have the infrastructure to keep up.

For one, air conditioning is much less common in Europe.

Only about 20% of homes have AC compared to 90% in the US, and we've seen in the US when heat waves like this one hit, the demand for electricity soars.

And experts say that demand is only gonna go up as more artificial intelligence data centers get built.

So where is all that power gonna come from?

Clean, beautiful coal.

Clean, beautiful coal.

Absolutely.

The Trump administration has gone big on reviving the coal industry, the most polluting of all the fossil fuels.

The Energy Department has ordered at least five aging coal-fired power plants to stay open, even though they were scheduled to shut down.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced $700 million in new federal funding for the coal industry, which includes the construction of two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia.

And the first new coal plants to open in our country since 2013.

Couldn't open, couldn't even think.