A handful of major cities will see an extra 150,000 heat-related deaths over the next 88 years, according to an analysis that will be released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The prediction’s attention-garnering death toll is based on climate change and highlights its effects in Denver, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Minneapolis, Newark, Pittsburgh, Providence, R.I., and Washington, D.C. the rest of this century.
Tuesday sets the stage for Wednesday’s release. If Denver hits its forecast high of 94 degrees, it would shatter the record for May 22, 90 degrees set in 1939. It’s nice window dressing, but climate change has little to do with singular events, but long-term trends.