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Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 10 and traps many others in western India

RAIGAD, India (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India's western Maharashtra state killed 10 people, with many others feared trapped under piles of debris, officials said Thursday.

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Parched conditions push B.C.'s wildfire battle south, as rain brings relief in north

VICTORIA — British Columbia's wildfire fight is set to move toward the province's more populated southern areas amid hot and windy weather, while cooler temperatures and rain are expected to bring some relief in scorched northern regions.

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In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Abdikadir Omar was trapped in an extremist-controlled town in Somalia for years until May, when he slipped out to make a 12-day journey with his wife and seven children to neighboring Kenya in search of food and safety.

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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state killed at least 10 people, with many others feared trapped under piles of debris, officials said Thursday.

Jul 20, 2023 4:53 PM Read more >

Exclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says

A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of pollution and risk of damage from climate change could worsen air pollution exposure disparities along racial lines, according to a new a

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In a nod to Oppenheimer's legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab

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President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flanked by cranes and shipyard workers, President Joe Biden made the pitch Thursday that unions will be building America's renewable energy future — a courtship of organized labor at a moment when some major unions are weighing st

Jul 20, 2023 3:27 PM Read more >

Oil and gas companies would pay more to drill on public lands under new Biden rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy companies would have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a new rule announced Thursday by the Biden administration.

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Movie Review: Tensions boil over in Christian Petzold’s haunting summer drama ‘Afire’

Fire is in the air this summer, literally, and at the movies.

Jul 20, 2023 2:06 PM Read more >

As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria

As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward. The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation.

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