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Pacific Northwest engulfed by ‘dangerous’ heat
A major heat wave settling over the Pacific Northwest will bring several days of potentially record-breaking triple-digit temperatures this week, echoing a deadly heat wave that tormented the region last summer.
Fusion energy advance is hailed by a Seattle start-up
Zap Energy said its experimental reactor core was ready for a milestone test. Skeptics routinely question whether the technology is currently possible.
Will Seattle’s climate pledge arena make good on its promise?
The operators of Climate Pledge Arena, home to the N.H.L.’s newest team, the Seattle Kraken, plan to reduce and offset its entire planet-warming footprint. They still have a lot to prove.
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Beef and climate change: This Seattle steakhouse wants to be part of the solution
Bateau aims to reinvent the steak restaurant by showing how to sidestep the waste and environmental damage caused by the meat industry.
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Hidden toll of the Northwest heat wave: hundreds of extra deaths
As another heat wave builds in the U.S. Northwest, a New York Times analysis has found that recent scorching temperatures in the area may have been more lethal than officially reported.
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Pacific Northwest continues to bake beneath 'heat dome'
A wave of ocean air provided some relief after Portland, Ore., reached 116 degrees on Monday. Temperatures reached the 90s there on Tuesday, forecasters said.
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How weird is the heat in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver? Off the charts
The heat smothering the Pacific Northwest has little precedent in four decades of record-keeping.
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