{"id":998265,"date":"2021-11-11T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998265"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:44:29","slug":"people-died-democratic-congressman-says-it-hit-180-degrees-in-portland-this-summer-due-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-died-democratic-congressman-says-it-hit-180-degrees-in-portland-this-summer-due-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People Died\u2019: Democratic Congressman Says It Hit 180 Degrees In Portland This Summer Due To Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeople-died-democratic-congressman-says-it-hit-180-degrees-in-portland-this-summer-due-to-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"50.512365842277\">\n<p>Democratic Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer claimed that parts of his district hit a scalding 180 degrees this summer during remarks at the ongoing United Nations climate summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a race against time,\u201d the congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UP2ymKN1S7c&amp;t=176s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> at a press conference Wednesday alongside several of his Democratic colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took on new urgency for me this year with the horrific events,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere was one day this summer in Portland, where temperatures in the heart of my district hit 180 degrees. People died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blumenauer, 73, added that the U.S., particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/joe-biden-environmental-protection-agency-methane-emissions-oil-gas-industry\/\">President Joe Biden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/green-new-deal-handouts-subsidies-democrats-joe-biden-budget-energy-climate-change\/\">congressional Democrats<\/a>, were prepared to combat climate change through ambitious legislation and by partnering with the private sector. Blumenauer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and about 20 other House Democrats traveled to the conference to engage in climate negotiations with world leaders this week. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/09\/nancy-pelosi-climate-change-gender-equity-united-nations-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">(RELATED: Pelosi Says Women Face Particular Dangers From Climate Change)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pelosi And Dems Hold Climate Change Press Conference At COP26\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UP2ymKN1S7c?start=176&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon congressman\u2019s comments appeared to refer to a July local news report that the pavement on a Portland sidewalk was measured at one point to be 180 degrees. Vivek Shandas, a professor at Portland State University, recorded the temperature in a particularly hot neighborhood and blamed the area\u2019s lack of trees and shade, Portland news outlet Willamette Week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/city\/2021\/07\/14\/this-is-the-hottest-place-in-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shandas has been warning the city about the dangers posed by certain neighborhood infrastructure for a decade, according to the Willamette Week.<\/p>\n<p>Portland recorded its hottest day ever when air temperatures reached a scorching 116 degrees, The Oregonian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/weather\/2021\/06\/portland-records-all-time-high-temperature-of-113-setting-new-record-for-third-day-in-a-row.html\">reported<\/a>. Dozens of Portland residents died during the summer\u2019s heat wave<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/deva\/learn\/nature\/weather-and-climate.htm\">hottest air temperature ever recorded<\/a> worldwide was 134 degrees in 1913 in Death Valley, California.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenauer didn\u2019t immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Oregon Rep. 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