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Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Environment

Google unceremoniously dropped its promise of carbon neutrality, with emissions rising nearly 50% over the last five years

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July 10, 2024
The Temple of Concordia in the Valley of the Temples, Sicily.
Environment

Sicily’s summer drought is so acute this year that it’s drying up lakes and forcing cities to turn away tourists because they don’t have enough water

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July 10, 2024
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers
Commentary

Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers

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July 9, 2024
crowds of people standing near the Parthenon
Lifestyle

Mayor of Athens says tourism in Greece isn’t ‘viable’ anymore as each visitor only adds €0.40 to the economy

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July 9, 2024
The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind
Environment

The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind

By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
July 9, 2024
people swimming in the Seine River
Features

The Seine River, the romantic lifeblood of Paris, is set to reopen for swimming after 100 years. But its cursed clean-up is a lesson for future Olympics

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July 6, 2024
A wildlife technician holds up a dead owl's wing as he takes notes.
Environment

U.S. officials enlist trained shooters to kill 450,000 barred owls—all in the name of saving their cousins from extinction

By Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
July 3, 2024
Weather map of a hurricane
Environment

This is the earliest we’ve ever seen a Cat 4 hurricane—and the season’s just getting started

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July 1, 2024
US athletes hold American flags
Environment

U.S. joins these other countries bringing AC units to Paris Olympics despite French effort to cool rooms with pipes underneath floors

By Eddie Pells and The Associated Press
June 23, 2024
How extreme heat can turn deadly: It confuses your brain, shuts down your organs, and overworks your heart
Health

How extreme heat can turn deadly: It confuses your brain, shuts down your organs, and overworks your heart

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
June 21, 2024
The ‘radical optimism’ philosophy that gave us the Google Glass
Tech

The ‘radical optimism’ philosophy that gave us the Google Glass

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June 21, 2024
An Amazon delivery driver unloads boxes from a crammed van.
Retail

Amazon got blasted by environmental groups for years over using reams of plastic. Now it’s switching to recycled paper packaging

By The Associated Press and Michelle Chapman
June 20, 2024
Smiling female gardener
Success

Gen Z are desperate to be eco-friendly but LinkedIn says they’re so underskilled they actually pose a ‘risk’ to climate progress

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June 17, 2024
car drives through heavy rain
Environment

Colliding hot and cold fronts whipsaw the U.S. with extreme heat, flooding, and a chance of snow

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June 15, 2024
How climate technology forgot the consumer is still king
Commentary

How climate technology forgot the consumer is still king

By Tehmina Haider and Michael O'Leary
June 13, 2024

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