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Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit over comparison to molester

Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit over comparison to molester

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming . Now, a jury is about to decide whether the comments were defamatory.
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New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

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 is accelerating and that warming has triggered more Arctic cold outbreaks in North America and Europe, weighing
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India's clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up

India's clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up

BENGALURU, India (AP) — For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily, from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all cont
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Landslide hits village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 6 dead and 46 others missing

Landslide hits village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 6 dead and 46 others missing

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A landslide left at least six villagers dead and 46 others missing, including miners waiting in two buses for a ride home, in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here's California's storm by the numbers

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 .
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Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions

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The death toll from Chile's wildfires reaches 131, and more than 300 people are missing

The death toll from Chile's wildfires reaches 131, and more than 300 people are missing

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out.
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Los Angeles records nearly 400 mudslides during storm that has drenched Southern California

Los Angeles records nearly 400 mudslides during storm that has drenched Southern California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed nearly 400 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a season in just two days, and officials
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How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent

How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground.
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Former Audubon group changes name to ‘Bird Alliance of Oregon’

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Audubon has changed its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon,” in the latest example of a local chapter to do so because of John James Audubon’s views on slavery and his desecration of Native American graves.
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