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In an abrupt shift, two political action committees associated with U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt will be shut down before the Oklahoma attorney general faces senators for a confirmation hearing later this month.
It's 2030. The risk of raging wildfires has intensified since the largest utility in California made history a decade earlier by triggering blackouts. Higher temperatures bake the arid West, and drier winds threaten to turn sparks into roaring infernos. We asked experts how electric utilities might adapt.
By Anne C. Mulkern in Climatewire
Historians have long debated what led to the Neo-Assyrian Empire's rapid expansion and ultimate downfall. While politics and economics played a role, scientists now point to another possible factor: climate change.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire
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It's 2030. The risk of raging wildfires has intensified since the largest utility in California made history a decade earlier by triggering blackouts. Higher temperatures bake the arid West, and drier winds threaten to turn sparks into roaring infernos. We asked experts how electric utilities might adapt.
By Anne C. Mulkern in Climatewire
Historians have long debated what led to the Neo-Assyrian Empire's rapid expansion and ultimate downfall. While politics and economics played a role, scientists now point to another possible factor: climate change.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire