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Climate-change life means 74-year-old retirees wake up hours earlier to beat the heat: ‘As soon as you walk outside, you’re already sweating’

An AP-NORC poll finds 8 in 10 Americans now blame extreme heat for higher electricity bills, even as belief that climate change is happening slipped to 66% from 73%.

By Alexa St. John, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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One of the world’s poorest countries spent $170 million on a cable car system that nobody uses, just before the president fled the country
By Alexander Joe and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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A Slovak town just broke its own heat record — for the third time this year
By The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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‘Things are going to get a lot busier near the moon’: Elon Musk rocket crashes as predicted
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
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Meet an 86-year-old logger-turned-protester fighting to protect British Columbia’s final old growth trees: ‘it’s practically naked’
By Annika Hammerschlag and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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I’m a data center CEO. Communities deserve better partners, not blanket bans
By Chris CrosbyAugust 6, 2026
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SoftBank profits drop 18%, stock falls 4% in Tokyo
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
FIFA apologizes for failed Infantino bid to sell the World Cup to Trump’s in-laws, but throws ‘full support’ behind his continued presidency
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FIFA apologizes for failed Infantino bid to sell the World Cup to Trump’s in-laws, but throws ‘full support’ behind his continued presidency
By James Robson and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment
Nintendo profit surges over 50% on movie, console sales even as sales fall
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work
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Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 6, 2026
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By Ellie AustinAugust 6, 2026
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Politics
After Michigan, the Democratic Party’s Civil War moves next door to Wisconsin
By Scott Bauer and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Politics
Senate panel to vote on Fauci contempt claim, whether to refer to DOJ for prosecution
By Eric Tucker and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as ‘most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics’
Politics
Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as ‘most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics’
By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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If companies had to pay for their carbon emissions, nearly half their profits would evaporate, study finds
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If companies had to pay for their carbon emissions, nearly half their profits would evaporate, study finds
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressAugust 25, 2023
  • Maui wildfires
    Environment
    Maui wildfire devastates crown jewels of local heritage: ‘All the places that are tourist areas, that are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can’t be replaced’
    By Mark Thiessen, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressAugust 10, 2023
Hawaii’s politicians are desperately trying to get tourists back after deadly wildfires: ‘Please consider South Maui’
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Hawaii’s politicians are desperately trying to get tourists back after deadly wildfires: ‘Please consider South Maui’
By Nicholas GordonAugust 25, 2023
Items in Shein-labeled packaging.
Retail
Shein and Forever 21 are combining forces to expand their reach—the deal is a win for fast fashion, but a loss for the environment
By Paige HagyAugust 24, 2023
Governments pledged to end fossil fuel subsidies. Instead, they’ve doubled down since 2020, hitting record $1.3 trillion
Environment
Governments pledged to end fossil fuel subsidies. Instead, they’ve doubled down since 2020, hitting record $1.3 trillion
By Bloomberg and Leslie KaufmanAugust 24, 2023
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Environment
How Vermont’s oldest professional theater company survived a flood, a $450,000 rehab project and put on ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
By Lisa Rathke and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2023
Octopus Garden
Environment
The ‘Octopus Garden’ is real and it’s an ingenious way to use an extinct volcano ‘hot tub’ for quick egg-hatching
By Christina Larson and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2023
  • ‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
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    ‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
    By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish in a show of support amid radioactive water release outrage
Environment
U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish in a show of support amid radioactive water release outrage
By Chloe TaylorAugust 24, 2023
There’s no such thing as a ‘climate haven’ away from disaster risks as national emergencies multiply
Environment
There’s no such thing as a ‘climate haven’ away from disaster risks as national emergencies multiply
By Julie Arbit, Brad Bottoms, Earl Lewis and The ConversationAugust 23, 2023
Our old fridges and air conditioners are still emitting super pollutants–and their climate impact is equal to the emissions of the entire country of Switzerland
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Our old fridges and air conditioners are still emitting super pollutants–and their climate impact is equal to the emissions of the entire country of Switzerland
By Megesh TiwariAugust 23, 2023
A dollar bill on fire
Conferences
The costs of extreme heat, at least $100B a year, will rise to staggering levels, says the former Fed economist who’s so influential they named a recession indicator after her
By Paige HagyAugust 22, 2023
Milton Friedman poses next to a bust of himself
Finance
How America’s hotbed of progressive economics borrowed from Milton Friedman to pressure the ultrawealthy on climate change
By Irina IvanovaAugust 22, 2023
  • Juneau, Alaska
    Environment
    Alaska’s capital just lost 2 homes to a flash flood from its glacier’s ‘Suicide Basin’—but probably not because of climate change
    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Kansas City Public Schools sends students home early because of the ‘intense heat wave’
Environment
Kansas City Public Schools sends students home early because of the ‘intense heat wave’
By Chris MorrisAugust 22, 2023
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket tests in Texas are emitting so much methane you can see it from space
Environment
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket tests in Texas are emitting so much methane you can see it from space
By Zachary R. Mider and BloombergAugust 21, 2023
California braces for ‘life-threatening flooding’ and up to $2 billion in damage and loss from Tropical Storm Hilary
Environment
California braces for ‘life-threatening flooding’ and up to $2 billion in damage and loss from Tropical Storm Hilary
By Brian K. Sullivan and BloombergAugust 20, 2023
Hurricane Hilary has Southern California preparing for first tropical storm in 84 years: ‘A whole summer and fall amount of rain coming in probably 6 to 12 hours’
Environment
Hurricane Hilary has Southern California preparing for first tropical storm in 84 years: ‘A whole summer and fall amount of rain coming in probably 6 to 12 hours’
By Ignacio Martinez, Julie Watson and The Associated PressAugust 19, 2023
FEMA has paid Maui fire survivors $4 million so far—and overall damage in the area could top $3 billion
Environment
FEMA has paid Maui fire survivors $4 million so far—and overall damage in the area could top $3 billion
By Ken Sweet, Mae Anderson and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2023
Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses
Environment
Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses
By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2023
SpaceX delays rocket launch as tropical storm approaches California for the first time in 84 years
Environment
SpaceX delays rocket launch as tropical storm approaches California for the first time in 84 years
By The Associated PressAugust 18, 2023
Two women hug and a man looks on with a highway in the background.
Environment
Hawaii’s governor wants to suspend the housing market ‘to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab’
By Bobby Caina Calvan, Christopher Weber, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated PressAugust 17, 2023
Section of the SUNOCO Mariner II East Pipeline construction in Exton, PA.
Environment
Gas industry activity linked to asthma, and rare cancer in children in ‘bombshell’ report
By Marc Levy and The Associated PressAugust 16, 2023
Startup developing technology for sucking carbon from air just sold to a Warren Buffett-backed oil giant for $1.1 billion
Environment
Startup developing technology for sucking carbon from air just sold to a Warren Buffett-backed oil giant for $1.1 billion
By Kevin Crowley and BloombergAugust 15, 2023
‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires
Environment
‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires
By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
Kedarnath Temple
Environment
‘The gods are angry’: How climate change is reshaping one of the world’s oldest religions from bliss to punishment
By David L. Haberman and The ConversationAugust 15, 2023
Gen Z Montana
Environment
Gen Z activists just won a first-of-its-kind trial against the state of Montana for violating their right to a clean environment
By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
A firefighter puts water on a smoldering stump in California
Environment
California’s fire risk just hit its highest level of the year
By Chris MorrisAugust 14, 2023
Fire jackets
Environment
Exploding house in Pennsylvania draws at least 18 fire departments: ‘It’s just tragic, I mean, it looks like a war zone — it looks like a bomb hit our neighborhood’
By The Associated PressAugust 13, 2023
‘You can’t do a lot with a closed landfill’: Why a solar farm near London is being built on trash
Environment
‘You can’t do a lot with a closed landfill’: Why a solar farm near London is being built on trash
By Priscila Azevedo Rocha and BloombergAugust 12, 2023
The Maui fire is affecting and displacing thousands of pets. Here’s how you can help
Environment
The Maui fire is affecting and displacing thousands of pets. Here’s how you can help
By Chris MorrisAugust 11, 2023
Trapping ambient CO2 could be a game-changing breakthrough in the fight against climate change.
Politics
Biden administration makes largest ever investment in ‘engineered carbon removal’, spending $1.2 billion to vacuum up climate-warming gases in the air
By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated PressAugust 11, 2023
Wildfires devasted the island of Maui.
Environment
Maui counts at least 55 dead as Lahaina residents had little warning before flames engulfed their town
By The Associated PressAugust 11, 2023
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