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Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Environment

Scientists confront conspiracy theorists, say it’s impossible to control hurricanes

By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
October 8, 2024
Residents board up a sea shell store ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in the middle of this week in Treasure Island, Florida on October 7, 2024. Florida's governor has declared a state of emergency on Saturday as forecasters warned that Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall later this week.
Environment

Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5 storm, prompting evacuation orders

By Mike Schneider, Haven Daley and The Associated Press
October 7, 2024
A trailer moved by floodwater sits on the side of a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Pensacola, N.C.
Health

Officials rush to order EpiPens after hurricane unleashes swarms of wasps and bees

By Devi Shastri and The Associated Press
October 4, 2024
Paramedic helps elderly man amid fire.
Newsletters

Bank of America has a niche benefit that helps employees in crisis 

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September 16, 2024
A firefighter stands in the middle of woods that are on fire
Environment

California wildfires have already burned three times as many acres compared to all of 2023—and it’s about to get so much worse

By Eugene Garcia, Thomas Peipert and The Associated Press
September 11, 2024
A man sits near a fountain in Arizona because it's so freaking hot outside
Lifestyle

Phoenix notched its 100th straight day of 100-degree temperatures, shattering a decades-old record

By David Brandt and The Associated Press
September 4, 2024
Florida resident stands in the debris after a hurricane ripped through her town
Environment

‘I’m tired’: Florida residents are soul-searching as experts predict another intense hurricane season

By Dorany Pineda, Rebecca Blackwell and The Associated Press
July 15, 2024
People waiting in a Houston hospital
Health

Texas hospitals are overwhelmed with people suffering from heat-related illnesses—’this wasn’t as big a problem five or 10 years ago’

By Juan Lozano, Terry Spencer and The Associated Press
July 12, 2024
Plastic Pollution on Landfill Site.
Environment

America’s landfills are ‘garbage lasagnas’—fetid layers of waste oozing dangerous methane, scientists found

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May 22, 2024
Esther Duflo accepting her Nobel prize in 2019
Finance

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo proposes taxing 3,000 billionaires to protect the world’s poorest from climate change—and most Americans likely agree with the plan

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April 20, 2024
Some states offer beekeepers tax breaks for raising and caring for the pollinators.
Lifestyle

Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America’s critical bee shortage in just 5 years

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April 3, 2024
Wealthy Massachusetts homeowners spent half a million dollars to build a sand dune that washed away in three days–and they’re dead set on rebuilding it
Environment

Wealthy Massachusetts homeowners spent half a million dollars to build a sand dune that washed away in three days–and they’re dead set on rebuilding it

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March 13, 2024
How Gen Z is rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship: ‘They come in with a much greater advantage than previous generations’
Leadership

How Gen Z is rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship: ‘They come in with a much greater advantage than previous generations’

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December 17, 2023
The rich are fleeing the climate crisis by scrambling to buy chalets in the Alps
Lifestyle

The rich are fleeing the climate crisis by scrambling to buy chalets in the Alps

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November 7, 2023
Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. employees listen to speakers outside the Amazon.com Inc headquarters before the Global Climate Strike in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
Newsletters

Employees say corporate claims of ESG progress are baloney according to a new survey, and boards had better pay attention

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August 15, 2023

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