US Heat and Drought

1.  Featured: Early-season heat dome bringing record warmth, fire danger to Lower 48  

2.  Democracy Now interviews Climate Scientist who Fled LA Two Years before the 2025 fires.  

Democracy Now does a great job reporting on the beginning of the LA fires, and interviews Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus, who fled LA two years prior to the fires. The New York times published his article on the matter, but deleted the part where he said it is just going to keep getting worse. Via @tinoeberl@mastodon.online

3.  ‘Not much time left’: Salt Lake City’s mayor on the Great Lake drying up  

4.  Lake Powell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up  

5.  Arizona Considers $5.5 Billion Water Desalination Plant, 200-Mile Pipeline From Mexico To Combat Drought  

6.  ‘It Is Going to Take Real Cuts to Everyone’: Leaders Meet to Decide the Future of the Colorado River