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Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts a sign of warmer seas

Nate Rouette and his brother went shark fishing on Cape Cod and were shocked by what they reeled in — a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow.

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Urban firestorm devastates Spokane, Washington as dense smoke envelops the Northwest

Climate change, combined with development in high-risk areas, is making urban wildfires more likely.
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Extreme heat costs the poorest workers their health and wages

When temperatures soar across Asia's cities, informal workers face a choice: risk their health or lose their income. For many, the effects don't end when the workday is over.
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Seoul braces for heat wave sweeping South Korea as death toll reaches 16

Trucks are dousing capital’s roads with water and nurses are checking on vulnerable people as heat heads westwards.

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Georgia Power breaks ground on natural gas expansion at Plant Bowen despite air pollution concerns

Officials praised the expansion as a step toward energy reliability and a stronger economy, but advocates worry air pollution could increase in Atlanta.
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Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming

A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland loss rise.

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Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics: extreme fires could put crews at risk

As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month.
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Phoenix Species Project announces funds for imperiled wildlife

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled species back from the brink of extinction.
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Court rulings could force Texas to obey tougher air pollution standard

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Biden-era EPA's soot pollution standards were "unlawful." This summer, federal courts ruled the opposite.
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Opinion: Why local action is key to surviving America's climate crisis

The decisions we each make every day, particularly how we use energy, influence whether the weather becomes more extreme. 
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Central Washington farmland eyed for energy and data center projects

Klickitat County, which is roughly the size of Delaware and has about 24,300 residents, is also an epicenter in the region’s battles over clean energy facilities and more recently, data centers.

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