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climate change & heat waves
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U.S., European heat waves wouldn’t happen without climate change, study says

The analysis by the World Weather Attribution network came with a sobering reminder: Once unfathomable heat waves are not only happening, but becoming more common.
Resilience
rising temperatures impact billions
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How a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius impacts billions

Under current climate policies, billions will face deadly heat, with the elderly, children, women and people with disabilities hit worst. A global network of heat officers are tackling the problem in their own cities.
Impacts
June’s deadly heat dome
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Inside June’s deadly heat dome. And surviving the next one

Hundreds succumbed to scorching temperatures. Why was BC’s toll so much higher than Washington and Oregon? A Tyee special report.
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Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa
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Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa

Stifling heat kept its grip on much of Southern Europe on Thursday, driving people indoors, spoiling crops, triggering drinking water restrictions, turning public libraries into cooling “climate shelters" and complicating the challenge firefighters faced battling wildfires .

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Pacific Northwest bakes in record-setting heat wave
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Pacific Northwest bakes in record-setting heat wave

It reached 115 degrees in Portland, Ore., on Monday, the second day in a row that the city has broken a heat record. Salem, Ore., and Seattle also set records.
Impacts
What is a heat dome? Deadly hot weather descends on Pacific Northwest

What is a heat dome? Deadly hot weather descends on Pacific Northwest

Thirteen million people in the Pacific Northwest just experienced an historic heat wave.

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Pacific Northwest bakes in record-setting heat wave
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Pacific Northwest bakes in record-setting heat wave

It reached 112 degrees at Portland International Airport in Oregon on Sunday. It was the highest temperature recorded there since historical records began in 1940, forecasters said.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump plan would close dozens of mine safety offices, leaving coal towns exposed

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Coal-fired electricity spikes as gas prices rise, pushing up U.S. emissions

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New wildfire hazard maps expand zones for millions of Californians

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Young climate lawsuit ends after a decade without Supreme Court review

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NIH shuts down future research into climate change health impacts