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Energy industry mishaps show differing community responses

Recent accidents in Louisiana and New England highlight contrasting community and regulatory reactions to mishaps in the oil and wind energy sectors.

Wesley Muller reports for Louisiana Illuminator.

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Hotter days are increasing car crashes and fatalities

On days when an oppressive sun strikes streets, temperatures spike and so do fatal car crashes.

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As flooding increases, these cities are designed to work with - not against - the water

Cities’ relationship with water is a fragile balance. Too little leads to parched landscapes and water shortages; too much can cause deadly flooding, washing away homes, lives and livelihoods.

World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.

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Controversial solar geoengineering could be exactly what the planet needs. Or it could be a colossal disaster

When US startup Make Sunsets released two weather balloons into the skies above Mexico’s Baja California peninsula last year, it kicked up a fierce debate about one of the world’s most controversial climate solutions.

The Federal Reserve is testing how climate change could hurt big banks

The largest six banks in the United States have been given until July to show the Federal Reserve what effects disastrous climate change scenarios could have on their bottom lines.

Hotter, rainier, wetter - climate change is dramatically transforming the Arctic

Each year, the Arctic region goes through an annual health checkup — and the results are in: From a rapid decline in snow cover to an unprecedented late season melting event to another year of seabird die-offs, the Arctic has once again shown clear symptoms of an ailing planet.

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