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KERRVILLE, TEXAS - JULY 05: Flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas with multiple fatalities reported. (Photo by Eric Vryn/Getty Images)

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Beleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings

See how your energy prices will change because of the GOP tax bill

Lee Zeldin testifies before a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on his nomination to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2025.

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EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency

Visitors take in the scenery from Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. On Memorial Day Weekend, visitors will be required to make reservations. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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‘Hire back park staff’: Visitors feel the pinch of Trump’s layoffs at National Park Service

Fire burns in the Ahlia area near the port town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece, late Wednesday, July 2, 2025, prompting the evacuation of villages and hotels in the region, authorities said.

Wildfires are tearing through a popular tourist hotspot in Greece, forcing mass evacuations

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows from the Airport Fire in Rancho Santa Margarita, California on September 9, 2024. Wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures in the western United States have scorched thousands of acres, forcing hundreds of families to flee, US officials said September 9, 2024. A blaze burning out of a control near Los Angeles sparked mandatory evacuations as it tore through swathes of tinder-dry California countryside around popular tourist spots. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Congressionally mandated climate reports disappeared from their federal websites

MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 14: Air conditioning units are seen on the exterior of apartment buildings as temperatures continue to soar on July 14, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Europe is currently experiencing the most sustained period of extreme hot weather in 50 years. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

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European summers are getting brutally hot. So why is air conditioning so rare?

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The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why

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Tropical Storm Chantal impacts the Carolinas a few hours after landfall Sunday morning.

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Chantal triggers life-threatening flash floods as storm pushes inland in North Carolina and Virginia

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Earth is as far away from the sun as it ever gets. So why is it so hot?

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A bank of fans draws air through specialized filters at Climeworks' Mammoth carbon removal plant on May 24, 2024 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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This company says its technology can help save the world. It’s now cutting 20% of its staff as Trump slashes climate funding

A person works on the cryostat base of the fusion reactor inside the tokamak hall at Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Devens, Mass. on April 10, 2025. CFS has built 60% of its demonstration fusion reactor in the Boston suburbs – a giant machine powered by magnets that heats plasma up to over 100 million degrees, and plans to demonstrate more power out than in from fusion reaction by 2027.

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A nuclear fusion power plant prototype is already being built outside Boston. How long until unlimited clean energy is real?

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Here’s who stands to gain from the ‘big, beautiful bill.’ And who may struggle

Windmills are seen in Mojave, California, in 2014.

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Republicans introduce last-minute industry ‘killer’ tax on solar and wind in spending bill

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Google just bought 200 megawatts of fusion energy that doesn’t even exist yet

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Shell denies reports it is in talks to take over BP

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‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

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‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

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Debris covers a bridge over the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Ingram, Texas.

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Deadly flooding devastates central Texas: Here’s how to help

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A father who died saving his family, children at summer camp, a loving grandmother: The faces of the Texas flooding tragedy

TOPSHOT - A view inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025. Rescuers were on Saturday searching for more than 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 27 people -- with more rain on the way. "So far, we've evacuated over 850 uninjured people, eight injured people and have recovered 27 deceased fatalities at this time. Of these 27, 18 are adults, nine are children," said Kerr Country Sheriff Larry Leitha on July 5. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

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How torrential flooding wrought tragedy at an almost century-old camp for girls in central Texas

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Fake snow, made of cotton, is seen at a village in Chengdu, China.

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Snow joke: Chinese attraction apologizes for winter wonderland made of cotton and bedsheets

SANTA ANA, CA - APRIL 26: Pouring a glass of water from a kitchen faucet in Santa Ana on Friday, April 26, 2024. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, 45% of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. In recent years, studies have found that humans exposed to some PFAS chemicals are more prone to everything from high cholesterol and hypertension to testicular cancer, breast cancer and, for girls, early-onset puberty. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

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Scientists discover concerning new source of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

An aerial view of colorful fall foliage in Vermont and New Hampshire on October 13, 2024.

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It’s not just you. Fall hasn’t really felt like fall this year and it’s a sign of things to come

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GOP senators’ top concerns with Trump’s big agenda bill, in their own words

HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 30: Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey August 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas. The city of Houston is still experiencing severe flooding in some areas due to the accumulation of historic levels of rainfall, though the storm has moved to the north and east. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Why climate risk could affect your credit score for buying a home

Donald Trump highlighted rising costs during his campaign to return to the White House.

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High grocery prices got droves of Americans to vote for Trump but they shouldn’t expect to pay less over the next four years