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Athena Bean, from left, Emily Champagne and Tyler Lippe sit in the water, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, while a man swings out over the Saco River in Buxton, Maine. Hot weather is predicted until the end of the week. (Troy R. Bennett/The Bangor Daily News via AP)
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Millions sweating it out as U.S. heat wave nears peak from Midwest to Maine

A heat wave extending from the Midwest to New England moved closer to a breaking point Thursday, with millions of people sweating it...

Heat kills more people than hurricanes, floods or any other climate-related extreme. (AFP)
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Stressed out: how to measure dangerous heat

As climate change makes heatwaves longer, stronger and more frequent, people across the planet will be increasingly exposed to conditions that test the...

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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan says his country will keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with...

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Rich nations met $100B climate finance goal two years late: OECD

In 2009, developed nations promised to raise $100B a year by 2020 to help low-income countries invest in clean energy and cope with...

Some 14 billion cubic metres of concrete are cast every year around the globe, according to industry figures. (AFP)
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Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement

Demand for concrete — already the most widely used construction material on Earth — is soaring, but the notoriously polluting industry has struggled...

Current investment plans could result in only 50 percent of the lithium supply needed for countries to meet their climate goals in 2035 (AFP)
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IEA warns of key energy mineral shortage risk

The sharp drop in prices for minerals critical to the green energy transition is masking a looming shortage due to inadequate investment

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