Getting hot: How Americans are feeling about climate change, as September temperatures soared

10/26/23 7:00PM

A new survey from Pew Research Center shines a light on how Americans are increasingly thinking about climate change, with 63% of respondents expecting the negative impacts of climate change to get worse during their lifetimes.

The questions, asked of ~8,800 Americans, also explored how people feel about the individual sacrifices they may have to make. 23% of people polled expect “major sacrifices” in their own lives because of climate change, while 48% expect to have to make “minor sacrifices” and 28% foresee “no sacrifices”.

‍Getting hot in here

‍The new survey comes just a few weeks after data confirmed by NASA, NOAA and the EU’s Copernicus Service revealed that September 2023 was the most unusually warm month in more than a century-and-a-half of temperature recordings, with a temperature anomaly of 1.44°C (relative to the 20th century average).

That September reading all but confirmed that 2023 will break records, with NASA researchers predicting (with “99% probability”) that this year will be the warmest on record.

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Starbucks sells control of China business for $4 billion

Starbucks disclosed on Monday evening in a regulatory filing that it will sell control of its ailing China business to Boyu Capital for about $4 billion.

Under the agreement, Boyu will own a 60% stake in the China segment, which will become a joint venture between Boyu and Starbucks. The coffee chain will retain a 40% interest in the entity and will continue to own and license the brand and intellectual property.

Bloomberg reported earlier this year that the company was looking to sell its China segment. The American coffee giant has struggled to succeed in China, its second-largest market after the US.

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OPEC and others are boosting oil production as the race to catch up with the US goes on

This month’s 137,000-barrel-a-day boost is a little more modest than some expected.

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RED FLAG, GREEN FLAG

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China, the world’s largest carbon polluter, has pledged to cut emissions for the first time

President Xi Jinping has announced that China is aiming to slash carbon emissions by up to 10% in the next decade.

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Claire Yubin Oh9/19/25

John Wayne Airport in Orange County tops the list of North America’s favorite airports

Despite a record year of passenger numbers, flight cancellations, and delays, a new survey has revealed that flyers have been increasingly satisfied about their experiences in North American airports.

According to this year’s North America Airport Satisfaction Study from data analysts at J.D. Power, overall passenger satisfaction scores were up 10 points (on a 1,000-point scale), largely from “improvements in food, beverage and retail and ease of travel through the airport.” The annual survey measures overall traveler satisfaction across the region’s airports in seven categories (in order of importance): ease of travel, level of trust, terminal facilities, airport staff, airport departure experience, food and retail, and airport arrival experience.

Here are the region’s favorites:

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DOT-COM BUBBLE

9/12/25

More than 40% of American adults now report being online “almost constantly”

While a new survey showed Japan has the greatest share of perpetually online people, there was a significant number reporting not using the internet at all.

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