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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.

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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

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

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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

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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.

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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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Ottawa working to prevent further wildfire tragedy after deaths: environment minister

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government is doing everything it can to prevent further tragedy after four recent wildfire-related deaths.

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The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.

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First U.S. auction of Gulf of Mexico tracts for wind power set for Aug. 29

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first auction of offshore leases for wind power development in the Gulf of Mexico will take place Aug. 29 for tracts off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, the Biden administration announced Thursday.

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