A 2021 study estimates more than a third of U.S. heat deaths each year can be attributed to human-caused global warming.
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Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
In the last few weeks, the global average ocean sea surface temperature jumped 0.36 degree F, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.
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Most Americans have experienced extreme weather, poll finds
And 54% of the public overall attribute that to climate change.
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Biden signs order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’
While GOP lawmakers want less regulation to lower energy prices, the administration says those policies would benefit oil companies and the Chinese.
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Biden announces $80 million in solar power initiatives
The Department of Energy is set to spend $52 million on 19 solar projects across a dozen states, including $10 million from the infrastructure law, as well as $30 million on technologies that will help integrate solar electricity into the grid.
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Climate tension: U.N. chief chides Biden, other world leaders
President Biden is touting ‘unprecedented’ climate efforts by his administration in an annual White House summit of leading economies.
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G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy
They are meeting in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo to try to forge an agreement on the best way forward in battling climate change.
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As Earth warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil, plants dry
Flash droughts are happening more often in nearly three-quarters of the climate regions of the world.
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U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River
One proposal would force proportional cuts if water levels at Lake Mead fall below a certain level.
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Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5, sows destruction
Fierce storms that started last Friday and continued through the weekend spawned deadly tornadoes in 11 states as the system plodded through Arkansas and into the South, Midwest and Northeast.