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One of planet’s largest volcanic eruptions
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Napa, Sonoma, Santa Rosa California fires: 17 dead, more than 180 missing.
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — A series of deadly Northern California wildfires regained momentum Wednesday as winds whipped back up, pushing blazes through parched hills and vineyards and...
US Supreme Court won't hear Don Blankenship's appeal.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s appeal of his criminal mine safety conviction, the court announced Tuesday.
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Making a pitch, again, for barriers to block storm surges.
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10,000 electric cars highlight steep path to India's ambitions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off India’s race to turn all new passenger car sales electric by 2030. The largest order has gone to...
The myth that ‘business’ hated Obama’s clean power plan.
The Trump administration has long portrayed the Clean Power Plan, a signature Obama-era initiative to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, as a policy overreach that was...
Trump EPA begins push to overturn Obama-era climate regulation.
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EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has questioned his agency's legal authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.
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