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Drought shrivels French wine harvest prospects

France's scorching summer is stunting grape growth in wine regions including Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy, threatening a smaller crop and bringing one of the earliest harvests on record.

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Climate change is helping an invasive predator wreak havoc on iconic Alaskan fish

Warming rivers and the uncanny ability of northern pike to navigate saltwater have enabled the freshwater invaders to lay siege to Southcentral Alaska’s salmon and trout.

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Conflict, climate, no cash: Why poverty persists

With just under five years left to complete the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, a new report shows what's hampering progress. And what the solutions are.
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Trump EPA air chief heads for the exit

If his deregulatory actions survive judicial scrutiny, Aaron Szabo will have played a key role in reshaping EPA’s regulatory power.
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Census data model: Nearly 50K Tennessee households may not have access to air conditioning

Amid dangerous heat, resources for those without air conditioning vary at the local level.

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The overlooked wiring problem in the clean-energy transition

As more households add solar panels, batteries and heat pumps, researchers at Purdue found that running them all on DC power — not the AC current from the wall — could cut energy use and emissions.

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Fuel on the fire: Why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot

The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production.

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Trump wants to fast track AI

There are plans for more than 70 gas-fired power plants across the U.S. to privately serve data centers.

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Data centers use more power in the US than in any other country

Last year, nearly 40% of all power demand from global data centers came from facilities based in America, per a new report.
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Canadian Gas CEOs are hyping AI data centers to investors as a lifeline for their industry

Investor call transcripts show that gas companies see the data center build-out as their next growth sector, even as the energy transition accelerates.

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