Bad air and hot days: Summer camps grapple with climate change

Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break

Camp Widjiwagan in Ely, Minn., submerged some of their canoes in lake waters to protect them from the wildfires.(YMCA of the North)On a beautiful summer day in July, seven-year-old Penelope is turning into a mermaid. "I like playing mermaid," she says, with her feet dangling in the swimming pool at Beauvoir Summer Camp in Washington, D.C. "Like, I'm a human, and then I turn into a mermaid and I use one of the pool noodles as a dolphin, and I pla…

NPR’s Claim That Climate Change Is Destroying Children’s Summer Fun Is Ridiculous

National Public Radio’s (NPR) recent article, “Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break,” tells readers that climate change is making outdoor play increasingly dangerous through heat, wildfire smoke, floods, and storms. The story features interviews with children disappointed by canceled camp activities and interrupted pool days, then presents those experiences as...

NPR's Claim That Climate Change Is Destroying Children’s Summer Fun Is Ridiculous - ClimateRealism

National Public Radio’s (NPR) recent article, “Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break,” tells readers that climate change is making outdoor play increasingly dangerous through heat, wildfire smoke, floods, and storms. The story features interviews with children disappointed by canceled camp activities and interrupted pool days, then presents those experiences as evidence that today’s youngsters are growing up in a …

Bad air and hot days: Summer camps grapple with climate change

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.