Climate Smart Missoula writes, "The Held youth have brought to a larger stage the reality that climate change is not a future problem -- we’re experiencing its effects now."
The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a heat advisory for the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys, warning of triple-digit temperatures that are expected to last for several days.
The latest brutal heat wave hit much of the West over the weekend, on the heels of a string of globally record-breaking heat days that slammed millions of people over the U.S. Independence Day holiday.