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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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Europe steps up funding to attract U.S. scientists facing cuts under Trump

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Scientists worldwide pledge to support U.S. colleagues facing political attacks on climate research

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

silhouette of wind turbines during sunset.

17 states sue Trump administration over blocked wind energy development