Heat Wave 2021: Mapping the Correlation btwn High Temps & Congressional Climate Change Deniers

The Heatwave StoryMap overlays a map of US elected officials currently in Congress on top of a real time map of heat waves and weather hazards that is continuously updated with data from the National Weather Service.

Heat waves kill Americans, destroy homes and businesses, and ravage farms. But, Republicans deny climate change and block common sense measures to fight it. What gives? Follow the money.

This StoryMap combines a real time map of heat waves and weather hazards and is continuously updated with data from the National Weather Service.

Details on the elected official who represents that area in Congress and the Senate are then overlaid on the weather hazards. This makes it easy to see whose interests a politician is representing — their constituents or their wealthy donors and fossil fuel corporations.

Climate Change Deniers in Congress