The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: `a place where we never go outside`
(The Guardian United States)

Las Vegas is the fastest warming city in the United States. The city´s poorest residents are most at risk in the heatThe Clark county death investigator Jill Roberts vividly recalls the sunny 115F (46C) afternoon last summer when she entered a Las Vegas home with no functional air conditioning. The indoor heat felt even worse than the broiling temperature outside. She climbed up the stairs, through thick, stifling air, landing in a third-story bedroom where the resident had died in sweltering conditions. The room had no fan and the door was shut. It felt as if it couldn´t get any hotter.`Our elements are unforgiving. Especially on those 115F days, it doesn´t take a lot,` Roberts told the Guardian. `In that situation I´ll go stand in the sun in the 115F heat to do my paperwork as opposed to staying in the house because it´s that hot.` Continue reading...