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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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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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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’
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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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Climate change is killing summer traditions like vacationing and going outside—extreme temperatures may be here to stay
By Paige HagyJuly 28, 2023
  • Engineers build a small home using disposable diapers in Indonesia
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    Engineers build a small home using disposable diapers in Indonesia
    By Carolyn BarberJuly 13, 2023
There’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck
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There’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck
By Stephanie CookeJuly 28, 2023
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Environment
Mexico’s president is feuding with an American company about a crocodile-infested gravel pit. He’s offering $385 million and they want $1.9 billion
By The Associated PressJuly 28, 2023
Extreme heat
Environment
Dangerous heat is moving from the southwest to the eastern half of the U.S. with 60% of Americans facing heat or flood warnings
By Drew Costley and The Associated PressJuly 28, 2023
Extreme heat
Environment
It’s not just climate change: Here’s how El Niño and a huge underwater volcanic eruption led to extreme heat in 2023, from an expert who’s mapped various sections of the Earth
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationJuly 27, 2023
The family that made $7.6 million from recycling cans and bottles was just charged with fraud
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The family that made $7.6 million from recycling cans and bottles was just charged with fraud
By Chris MorrisJuly 27, 2023
  • More than 1 in 3 Americans are under heat alert as there’s no relief in sight for the apocalyptic summer weather
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    More than 1 in 3 Americans are under heat alert as there’s no relief in sight for the apocalyptic summer weather
    By Chris MorrisJuly 13, 2023
Microsoft and Google’s chief sustainability officers: ‘CSO Barbie makes us proud, and a little worried. Here’s why’
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Microsoft and Google’s chief sustainability officers: ‘CSO Barbie makes us proud, and a little worried. Here’s why’
By Melanie Nakagawa and Kate BrandtJuly 26, 2023
Southwest heat wave is so intense that roads and doorknobs are sending people to the hospital with burns
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Southwest heat wave is so intense that roads and doorknobs are sending people to the hospital with burns
By Chris MorrisJuly 26, 2023
Florida ocean temperature hits 100-degree hot-tub levels, potentially setting the record for the hottest seawater ever measured
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Florida ocean temperature hits 100-degree hot-tub levels, potentially setting the record for the hottest seawater ever measured
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJuly 26, 2023
It took 30 years for climate tech investments to pay off. Now they’re best placed to survive the VC winter
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It took 30 years for climate tech investments to pay off. Now they’re best placed to survive the VC winter
By Michael SonnenfeldtJuly 26, 2023
Greenland ice sheet
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The scientists who figured out exactly when Greenland was ice-free reveal what it shows about our warming planet
By Paul Bierman, Tammy Rittenour and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
  • Canada may have just created the first efficient building retrofit market. The U.S. should take note
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    Canada may have just created the first efficient building retrofit market. The U.S. should take note
    By Ben EvansJuly 12, 2023
Why AT&T and Verizon’s infrastructure woes run much deeper than lead cables
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Why AT&T and Verizon’s infrastructure woes run much deeper than lead cables
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJuly 24, 2023
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NBCUniversal cut down the tree branches that striking actors and writers used for shade, and got just a $250 fine
By Chris MorrisJuly 24, 2023
Nearly 80 major clean energy factories announced in year since Biden’s IRA passed: ‘It seems like every week there’s a new factory facility somewhere’
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Nearly 80 major clean energy factories announced in year since Biden’s IRA passed: ‘It seems like every week there’s a new factory facility somewhere’
By Isabella O'Malley, Michael Phillis and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2023
Phoenix tortoise
Environment
A paleoclimate scientist explains why he cringes at the 100,000-year heat—and how far back in prehistory it was really this hot
By Darrell Kaufman and The ConversationJuly 23, 2023
As renewable-energy demand soars amid extreme heat, rising costs are making offshore wind projects so expensive that ‘it doesn’t make sense to continue’
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As renewable-energy demand soars amid extreme heat, rising costs are making offshore wind projects so expensive that ‘it doesn’t make sense to continue’
By Will Mathis and BloombergJuly 22, 2023
‘We’re all grieving and heartbroken’: Farmers are devastated by recent Northeast flooding that swept away crops
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‘We’re all grieving and heartbroken’: Farmers are devastated by recent Northeast flooding that swept away crops
By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2023
Why is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad
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Why is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad
By Gene BaurJuly 21, 2023
Biden administration plans to raise the commission paid by oil and gas companies that drill on public land by more than 33%
Environment
Biden administration plans to raise the commission paid by oil and gas companies that drill on public land by more than 33%
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2023
Upstate New York coyote
Environment
New York’s ‘imaginary divide’ exposed by proposed ban on cash-prize hunting contests: ‘These are people that are upstate’
By Michael Hill and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
King Charles III
Environment
King Charles makes so much from offshore wind farms that he told the UK to use a $1.3 billion profit for the ‘wider public good’
By Sylvia Hui and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
Mustang round-up
Environment
The government’s habit of rounding up wild mustangs by helicopter is under fire after 11 wild horses die in grisly stampede
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
Jimmy Patronis
Politics
Florida’s CFO blames wokeness for insurers leaving the state: ‘I do call them the Bud Light of the insurance industry’
By Chris MorrisJuly 20, 2023
Miami-Dade WeCount
Environment
Miami is moving to protect workers from extreme heat with a 10-minute water and shade break every 2 hours
By The Associated PressJuly 19, 2023
Phoenix posts record 10th straight day of 110-degree heat—and only drops to 90 degrees at night—turning the city into a ghost town
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Phoenix posts record 10th straight day of 110-degree heat—and only drops to 90 degrees at night—turning the city into a ghost town
By Seth Borenstein, Anita Snow and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2023
Garret Graves
Environment
House Republican climate change plan: Keep drilling natural gas and plant a trillion trees
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressJuly 18, 2023
Climate change gawking thrives as tourists flock to Death Valley with temperatures at 128 degrees
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Climate change gawking thrives as tourists flock to Death Valley with temperatures at 128 degrees
By Chris MorrisJuly 17, 2023
Climate change is the next frontier of America’s culture wars. Corporations are still doing the right thing–and hoping no one notices
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Climate change is the next frontier of America’s culture wars. Corporations are still doing the right thing–and hoping no one notices
By Bill NovelliJuly 14, 2023
Sultan al-Jaber
Environment
UAE oil exec says we ‘we need to attack all emissions, everywhere’ and must be ‘brutally honest’ about climate change crisis
By Frank Jordans and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2023
John Kerry
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says it’s a ‘stupid’ lie that he regularly takes private jets around the world
By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2023
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