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Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That...

EnvironmentNewsWeather

Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here...

AutomotiveNews

LG Chem signs $19bn deal with GM to supply battery materials

South Korean company’s long-term contract comes amid EV market slowdown SEOUL — LG Chem has signed a 24.7 trillion won ($18.6 billion) deal...

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ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — ExxonMobil said it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South America’s coast where...

ClimateEmissionsEnvironment

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change...

EnvironmentOilTransmission

Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities...

ClimateEnvironmentNewsWeather

Punishing storm finally easing off in Southern California but mudslide threat remains

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was...

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Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks...

ClimateEnvironmentNewsResiliency

How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s

At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The...

ClimateEnvironmentNewsResiliencyWeather

Climate Glimpse: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather extremes

Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del...