National View: Summers are hot, obviously, but winters are the killers

National View: Summers are hot, obviously, but winters are the killers

In summer, as sure as the mercury rises, the media become fixated on heat waves as the poster child of climate change. Heat domes or heat waves, by any name, summer temperature spikes point to the urgency of climate action. What we don’t hear is that this narrative distorts reality, hyping drama while ignoring the far greater toll of cold, which is a much bigger killer of Americans. This reporting means we focus on the wrong policies and don’t s…