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In California, El Niño helped fuel a wet 2023 and early 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate phenomenon

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In California, El Niño helped fuel a wet 2023 and early 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate phenomenon

Read more …Strong El Niño is starting to weaken after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful −...

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Large industrial facilities like this oil refinery outside Houston are major sources of fine particulate air pollution. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine

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Low-income communities often have a longer wait for electricity to come back after outages. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Electricity is essential to just about everyone – rich and poor, old and young. Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically

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