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Washington Court Allows First U.S. Wrongful‑Death Climate Suit Against Oil Firms to Move Forward

The ruling opens discovery after a judge concluded the suit seeks damages for a single heat‑related death rather than to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, a decision that could shape other climate liability cases.

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Heat Dome Expands Across Central and Eastern U.S., Threatening Record Temperatures

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Dangerous Heat Dome to Bake Much of Central and Eastern U.S. Through July Fourth

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UK Records Hottest June Day as Heat Begins To Ease

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3mo ago

France Confronts Early, Record-Breaking Heatwave as 17 Departments Move to Orange Alert

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France Hit by Unusually Early Heat Dome With 18 Departments on Alert

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4mo ago

Marine Tondelier Proposes Five Days of Paid ‘Climate Leave’ for Non-Remote Workers

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5mo ago

Western U.S. Heatwave Spreads Into Central States, Sets New U.S. March Temperature Record

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11mo ago

Twin Analyses Quantify Europe’s Summer Extremes: €43 Billion in Losses and 16,500 Climate‑Linked Heat Deaths

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Intercity Baseball Opens With Tight Finishes as West Japan Gas, Nippon Steel Kashima Advance

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Disney World Rolls Out Cooling Zones and Floats Characters to Shield Cast From Record Heat

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Tsunami Warnings Downgraded as Transport Resumes; One Dead and Three Missing Off Izu Islands

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Italy’s Heatwave Persists With 20 Cities Under Red Alert Ahead of Forecast Storms

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Los Angeles Wildfires Devastate Thousands of Homes and Displace Over 150,000 Residents

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Washington Court Allows First U.S. Wrongful‑Death Climate Suit Against Oil Firms to Move Forward

Heat Dome Expands Across Central and Eastern U.S., Threatening Record Temperatures

Dangerous Heat Dome to Bake Much of Central and Eastern U.S. Through July Fourth

UK Records Hottest June Day as Heat Begins To Ease

France Confronts Early, Record-Breaking Heatwave as 17 Departments Move to Orange Alert

France Hit by Unusually Early Heat Dome With 18 Departments on Alert

Marine Tondelier Proposes Five Days of Paid ‘Climate Leave’ for Non-Remote Workers

Western U.S. Heatwave Spreads Into Central States, Sets New U.S. March Temperature Record

Twin Analyses Quantify Europe’s Summer Extremes: €43 Billion in Losses and 16,500 Climate‑Linked Heat Deaths

Intercity Baseball Opens With Tight Finishes as West Japan Gas, Nippon Steel Kashima Advance

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Disney World Rolls Out Cooling Zones and Floats Characters to Shield Cast From Record Heat

Tsunami Warnings Downgraded as Transport Resumes; One Dead and Three Missing Off Izu Islands

Italy’s Heatwave Persists With 20 Cities Under Red Alert Ahead of Forecast Storms

Heatwave Eases on Atlantic Coast as Central France Stays Under Red Alert

Colleague Arrested After Deadly Stabbing at Mellrichstadt Power Supplier

Glovo Ends Contractor Model, Fully Employs Delivery Riders in Spain

Persistent African Anticyclone Fuels Record European Heatwave into Early July

France Faces Record Heatwave as 84 Departments Placed on Orange Alert

Extreme Heat Linked to Accelerated Aging in Older Adults, Study Finds

Los Angeles Wildfires Devastate Thousands of Homes and Displace Over 150,000 Residents

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