World Resources Institute: This post was co-written with Forbes Tompkins, an intern with WRIs Climate and Energy Program. Last month, Death Valley, California experienced the highest June temperature ever recorded (129 degrees F!). Fires have been blazing in the western United States, leading to catastrophic losses of life. Were barely more than a month into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and it has started off extreme. These events come on the heels of an extreme spring globally, which was marked by low snow cover...