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August 16, 2017

NASA: July 2017 was the Hottest July on Record, Topping 2016's Record
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The extreme weather comes as NASA reported Tuesday that last month was
the hottest July ever measured-topping the previous record, set in July
of 2016. A landmark government report published last week found the
average temperature in the U.S. has risen dramatically since 1980 and
that the impacts of climate change are already being felt across the
country. Despite those findings, President Trump on Tuesday signed an
executive order ending a requirement that federally funded projects have
strict building standards that consider future flooding from sea level
rise due to climate change. Trump's executive order came as part of his
proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan.


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