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In photos: Flash floods kill over 100 people in Kenya
Floods have killed 169 people in Kenya with 91 still missing, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday, the day after a torrent of water swept away scores of people near the town of Mai Mahiu incident
EPA bans consumer uses of toxic paint stripper tied to dozens of deaths
Long-term exposure to methylene chloride — used in paint stripping products — is linked to several types of cancer
What a years-long probe of Big Oil reveals about its climate strategy
Exxon downplayed Paris agreement climate targets, according to documents, while others privately were skeptical of achieve their “net zero” commitments
Your next water heater could save you $170 a year
Starting in 2029, many electric water heaters on store shelves will have to use heat pump technology to comply with new energy efficiency standards
Where seas are rising at alarming speed
Seas in the Southern United States have risen dramatically since 2010. The extra water has upended life — flooding homes, choking septic systems and deluging roads
The new face of flooding
Alabama and the U.S. Gulf Coast region have seen a sudden burst of sea level rise, spurring flooding in low areas exacerbated by rainfall and high tides
Finding space for wind farms might be easier than we thought
Wind turbines and farms can share the same land
Why the U.S. struggles to replace millions of lead pipes. ‘We’re just stuck.’
A decade after the Flint, Mich., crisis triggered alarm about lead in drinking water, the White House says over 9 million lead pipelines still supply homes
You can now get a $7,500 upfront discount for buying an EV
Car buyers can now claim the $7,500 EV tax credit as an upfront discount
Can corals be saved?
How groups execute the new plan could mean the difference between saving what’s left on Florida’s 360-mile-long coral reef and another summer of catastrophic loss