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    Over a million people are losing power during a freezing snowstorm while data centers nearby guzzle electricity

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    By Nikki Luke, Conor Harrison and The Conversation
    February 4, 2026

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    Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters
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    Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters

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    Climate change mans Southern Africa got a year’s worth of rain in just 10 days, killing over 100 people

    By Nick Lichtenberg, Mogomotsi Magome and The Associated Press
    January 29, 2026
    Asia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates
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    Asia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates

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    Mountain lion saunters through San Francisco’s posh Pacific Heights neighborhood before capture

    By Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley and The Associated Press
    January 27, 2026
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    The billion-dollar storm? Economists debate how much activity Winter Storm Fern laid waste to

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
    January 26, 2026
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    Climate change’s role in the monster winter storm of January 2026: warmer oceans, more moisture and a dislocated ‘polar vortex’

    By Mathew Barlow, Judah Cohen and The Conversation
    January 26, 2026
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    ‘Unique’ winter storm reaches from New Mexico to New England: ”we’re talking like a 2,000-mile spread’

    By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated Press
    January 25, 2026
    Massive winter storm leaves 800,000 without power so far as Trump declares emergencies in at least a dozen states
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    Massive winter storm leaves 800,000 without power so far as Trump declares emergencies in at least a dozen states

    By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated Press
    January 25, 2026
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    Hurricane-level ice storm cancels over 9,000 weekend flights with half of America under warning

    By Emilie Megnien, Jeff Amy, Jamie Stengle and The Associated Press
    January 24, 2026
    Winter Storm Fern is about to slam 230 million Americans. Here’s what stores and restaurants typically stay open during severe weather
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    Winter Storm Fern is about to slam 230 million Americans. Here’s what stores and restaurants typically stay open during severe weather

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    January 23, 2026
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    Energy

    Trump cancels Puerto Rico solar project designed to help 30,000 low-income families in rural areas

    By Danica Coto and The Associated Press
    January 23, 2026
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    North America

    The winter storm is so big that over 170 million Americans are under an ice and snow advisory

    By Jeff Martin and The Associated Press
    January 23, 2026
    As Winter Storm Fern barrels in, all eyes are on the Weather Channel. Its CEO is charting the company’s next big forecast: growth
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    As Winter Storm Fern barrels in, all eyes are on the Weather Channel. Its CEO is charting the company’s next big forecast: growth

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    January 23, 2026
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    ‘I’ve been here a while and my brain stopped working’: Americans struggle with sub-freezing wind chill as storm closes in

    By Emilie Hawtin, Jeff Amy, Jamie Stengle and The Associated Press
    January 23, 2026
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026. Trump said Sunday his administration was working well with Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez and that he would be open to meeting with her.
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    American oil company CEOs feel increasingly ‘slighted’ by Trump’s focus on Venezuela: ‘That’s bad for U.S. producers’

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    January 23, 2026
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    Elon Musk warns the U.S. could soon be producing more chips than we can turn on. And China doesn’t have the same issue

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    January 22, 2026
    Thailand’s oldest cement firm turns to 3D printing to revolutionize its business
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    Thailand’s oldest cement firm turns to 3D printing to revolutionize its business

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    January 21, 2026
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    Trump says Mark Zuckerberg showed him a ‘Manhattan-sized’ AI data center

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    January 21, 2026
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    Electricity as the new eggs: Affordability concerns will swing the midterms just like the 2024 election, Bill McKibben says

    By Seth Borenstein, Amanda Swinhart and The Associated Press
    January 18, 2026
    Vail Resorts is having a very dry year: It reported a record‑low snowpack, forcing the company to lower its 2026 earnings outlook
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    Vail Resorts is having a very dry year: It reported a record‑low snowpack, forcing the company to lower its 2026 earnings outlook

    By Matty Merritt and Morning Brew
    January 16, 2026
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    Europe

    Americans have been quietly plundering Greenland for over 100 years, since a Navy officer chipped fragments off the Cape York iron meteorite

    By Paul Bierman and The Conversation
    January 14, 2026
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    Politics

    Greenland’s 1.5 million tons of rare earths might never get mined because there just aren’t any roads to them

    By Josh Funk, Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
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    New Haven mayor says police chief admitted to stealing money from department, accepts retirement

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    January 6, 2026
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    Why Greenland appeals to Trump’s real-estate investor heart: location, location, location

    By Danica Kirka and The Associated Press
    January 6, 2026
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    AI

    Angry town halls nationwide find a new villain: the data center driving up your electricity bill while fueling job-killing AI

    By Marc Levy and The Associated Press
    January 3, 2026
    ‘I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart'”: Trump talks health concerns, saying he takes more aspirin than recommended
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    ‘I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart'”: Trump talks health concerns, saying he takes more aspirin than recommended

    By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press
    January 2, 2026
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    Environment

    ‘I opened her door and the wind caught me, and I went flying’: The U.S. Arctic air surge is sweeping northerners off their feet

    By Holly Ramer and The Associated Press
    December 30, 2025
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    Politics

    Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK and cousin of Health Secretary RFK Jr., dies of cancer at 35

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    December 30, 2025
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    Environment

    Georgia’s ‘America First’ license plates, Washington’s $17 minimum wage and Hawaii’s climate change tourist tax: new laws are on the books

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
    December 30, 2025
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    Environment

    ‘Almost impossible’: Another one of the hottest years on record brings previously unimaginable frequency of heat waves

    By Alexa St. John and The Associated Press
    December 30, 2025

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