The greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google spiked in 2025, pointing to a growing problem for the hyperscalers: reconciling their climate goals with the massive amount …
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Detroit’s EV bet backfires as hybrid boom leaves Big Three behind
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFuel-sipping hybrids have become some of the hottest vehicles on the lot this year as gas prices hover near $4 a gallon. The problem for Detroit’s automakers is that they …
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Laid off federal scientists keep maps and data visuals online with crowdfunded money
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFederal employees who were axed during waves of cuts by the Trump administration have fought back against the dismantling of a key climate science website, Climate.gov, and put up a …
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More Americans are installing solar batteries at home. Here’s why
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAmericans can no longer get federal tax credits to install solar panels at home, but a growing number are using state incentives to add home batteries. Homeowners installed a record …
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Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesORSAY, France — Ice. Urgently and in large quantities. At a Paris-region hospital, emergency medics needed it to plunge patients into cold-water baths to speedily bring down their temperatures so they wouldn’t …
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The number of Angelenos who went to the hospital with throat pain and concerns about smoke inhalation spiked as a fire burned through the massive Lineage cold storage warehouse in …
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Biggest wind farm powers up, but Trump’s opposition freezes billions in clean energy
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe largest wind farm in U.S. history started operating this month, a massive complex of spinning turbines in New Mexico that will power more than a million homes in the …
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Elon Musk’s massive AI data center sparks fight over who can enforce clean air laws
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power a data center for Elon Musk’s company xAI Corp. and its AI assistant Grok has become an unexpected test for the …
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450 wild horses face relocation in Eastern Sierra, reigniting a clash
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFederal officials have set a date to round up and relocate 450 wild horses they say are damaging Mono Lake’s famed limestone tufas and posing a threat to drivers, a …
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PARIS — Every few minutes, the mortuary owner’s phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him mostly have the same question: Do …