Global Heat Record Falls, Only to Be Broken Again the Next Day

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The fight over 'return to office' policies has a dirty downside

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A small globe symbolizing the earth sits in a trash bin full of thrown away bunches of paper. The trash bin is sandwiched in between two large gray file cabinets in front of a dull beige wall.
Return to office mandates also come with a return to dirty, carbon-emitting commutes.

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Push to end work-from-home could make climate crisis worse

I grew up in Orlando, Florida, but never experienced summers as hot as this. That's why I bought a second home in North Carolina, and might move there for good.

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Mary Cannon and her son in front of a general store in North Carolina.
Mary Cannon and her son in front of a general store in North Carolina.

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Extreme heat has cost the global economy $16 trillion on average, research shows

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Tourists cool off near a fan as they queue to enter Rome's Colosseum.
Tourists cool off near a fan as they queue to enter Rome's Colosseum on July 18.

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Passive House designs could cut your energy bill in half

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A rendering of a planned development build to Passive House standards.
A rendering of a Passive House project in Newton, Massachusetts provided by the developer by Northland.

Northland

Climate change is the next mega-shock coming for markets and the economy, think tank says

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Heatwave Australia
A man sunbathes on rocks at a beach in Melbourne.

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Don't call the extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires 'the new normal'

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Phoenix on Wednesday had a record 20 consecutive days of temperatures reaching 110 degrees or beyond.

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Microsoft bets that a fusion power plant from Helion Energy will be operating this decade

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A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris is a prototype fusion reactor from Helion Energy. The startup announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

Helion

Oliver Stone says you should be more worried about the climate crisis than the risks of using nuclear power

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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant
Georgia Power Co. said Monday that a second new reactor had completed a testing phase at the company's Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro, Georgia.

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I moved to Kansas from New York City to be safe from flooding, afford a bigger house, and put roots down

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Jason Beury

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