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    The rise of AI reasoning models comes with a big energy tradeoff

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    By Rachel Metz, Dina Bass and Bloomberg
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    San Francisco mourns its albino alligator, Claude, dead at 30 years old

    By Janie Har and The Associated Press
    December 3, 2025
    More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
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    More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’

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    Why the world’s top coffee producer is switching up its beans

    By Renata Carlos Daou and Bloomberg
    November 30, 2025
    Swiss voters reject tax of up to 50% on large donations or inheritances, fearing exodus of wealthy instead of fighting climate change
    Europe

    Swiss voters reject tax of up to 50% on large donations or inheritances, fearing exodus of wealthy instead of fighting climate change

    By Jamey Keaten and The Associated Press
    November 30, 2025
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    Philanthropy isn’t fading. It’s evolving

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    Lab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones
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    Lab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones

    By Sello Motseta, Farai Mutsaka and The Associated Press
    November 30, 2025
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    Environment

    Brown grass caused the PGA Tour to pull out of a historic Maui golf course, leaving a $50 million hole for the island reeling from drought, wildfires

    By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
    November 29, 2025
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    Environment

    The eel wars: Japan and America fight tooth and nail against new protections as some freshwater populations plunge over 90% from the 1980s

    By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press
    November 29, 2025
    I went to COP30—and saw how the rest of the world is pushing climate action even as the U.S. steps back
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    I went to COP30—and saw how the rest of the world is pushing climate action even as the U.S. steps back

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    Energy

    Mark Carney says Canada’s trading relationship with the U.S. was ‘once a strength,’ but ‘now a weakness’

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
    November 27, 2025
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    Europe

    The European Space Agency is refueling, adding billions to its budget to ‘give wings to Europe’s future through space travel’

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    November 27, 2025
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    Trump says South Africa is not welcome at the next G20 Summit in Miami—’and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them’

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
    November 27, 2025
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    Why Congress’ refusal to act on freight since 1993 is costing taxpayers over $40 billion a year

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    November 27, 2025
    Tesla cofounder leads U.S. ‘urban mines’ to compete with China in battery recycling and critical minerals
    Innovation

    Tesla cofounder leads U.S. ‘urban mines’ to compete with China in battery recycling and critical minerals

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    November 27, 2025
    Why an ASEAN power grid is key to tapping Southeast Asia’s green potential
    Asia

    Why an ASEAN power grid is key to tapping Southeast Asia’s green potential

    By Yew-Poh Mak and Philip Rao
    November 26, 2025
    Jose Rosas surveys damage to Guillermo Vargas' home as while helping clean up storm damage in the Memorial Northwest subdivision, in Spring, Texas, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
    Environment

    Storms sweep from Houston to Minneapolis, complicating Thanksgiving travel for millions

    By Juan A. Lozano and The Associated Press
    November 26, 2025
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    North America

    International tourists will have to pay $100 more to visit American national parks under ‘America-first entry fee policies’

    By Hallie Golden, Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
    November 26, 2025
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    Environment

    Gramma, Galapagos tortoise and oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at (probably) 141 years old

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
    November 25, 2025
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    Environment

    Tiger trafficking crisis reaches unprecedented levels as wild species plummets from 100,000 a century ago to 5,500 at most

    By Eileen Ng and The Associated Press
    November 25, 2025
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    How American farmers are losing out on the organic food boom to other countries

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    Going green doesn’t always mean going big: ‘Pay attention to the small- and medium-size players as well’
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    Going green doesn’t always mean going big: ‘Pay attention to the small- and medium-size players as well’

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    A World Bank expert thinks countries should leverage ‘small AI’—and avoid competing with the biggest tech giants
    Asia

    A World Bank expert thinks countries should leverage ‘small AI’—and avoid competing with the biggest tech giants

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    November 24, 2025
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    Newsom, DeSantis join forces to blast ‘idiotic’ push to allow oil drilling off coasts of California, Florida

    By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
    November 23, 2025
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    ‘You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’: North Carolina motorist rocked by bird-feline freefall

    By Corey Williams and The Associated Press
    November 22, 2025
    China is ‘walking the walk’ on climate action leadership say green industry figures
    Environment

    China is ‘walking the walk’ on climate action leadership say green industry figures

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    AI’s power and water consumption is worrying the agriculture sector: ‘Don’t forget that it is also required for us to grow food’
    Environment

    AI’s power and water consumption is worrying the agriculture sector: ‘Don’t forget that it is also required for us to grow food’

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    Innovation

    Inside billionaire Gabe Newell’s new $500 million superyacht, which has a submarine garage and its own hospital

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    November 17, 2025
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    How U.S. policy uncertainty is driving companies to Europe

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    November 16, 2025
    Anthropic says it ‘disrupted’ what it calls ‘the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention’
    AI

    Anthropic says it ‘disrupted’ what it calls ‘the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention’

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    November 14, 2025
    Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard says he’s ‘working harder than an 87-year-old should’ but he’s got no choice: ‘The planet is in bad shape’
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    Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard says he’s ‘working harder than an 87-year-old should’ but he’s got no choice: ‘The planet is in bad shape’

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