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MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN

MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN

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Environment|US

Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s

Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Environment|World

Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds

Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations climate talks in Egypt

Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds
Environment|News|World

At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand

At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests registered to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks in Dubai

At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
Business|Environment|News|Science|World

Saudi registrants for COP28 included undeclared oil company employees, nonprofit says

At least 15 people who registered for Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai appear to be undeclared employees of the Saudi state oil company, according to research by an environmental nonprofit

Saudi registrants for COP28 included undeclared oil company employees, nonprofit says
Environment|News|Science|World

A look at heat records that have been broken around the world

Countries around the world are setting all-time heat records as summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere

A look at heat records that have been broken around the world
Business|Economy|Environment|Technology|US

Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska — found wind companies rank among the biggest taxpayers in many rural communities, with their total tax bills at times outstripping that of large farms, power plants and other major businesses

Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
Business|Environment|Technology

Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

Complex and confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has fallen short of its promises

Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
Health|Science|World

Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix

Increasingly hot summers and methamphetamine are a deadly mix

Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix
Americas|Environment|US|World

Milton by the numbers: At least 5 dead, at least 12 tornadoes, 3.4M without power

Hurricane Milton’s explosive formation stirred high anxiety for Florida less than two weeks after Helene raked the state and much of the Southeast

Milton by the numbers: At least 5 dead, at least 12 tornadoes, 3.4M without power
Business|Economy|Environment|Finance

Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming. Here is how they work

International mega banks, funded by taxpayer dollars, are the biggest, fastest-growing source of climate finance for the developing world

Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming. Here is how they work
Americas|Environment|Science|US

Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing an end to a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, billions of dollars in damage and deaths and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast

Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
Business|Environment|Health|Science|Technology

Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

2024 was another banner year for a source of electricity that is better for people’s lungs, better for climate change and may be reaching your home now when you turn on the lights or turn up the thermostat — large banks of batteries

Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

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