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There are more insights in this week’s elections than in polls about a vote that won’t happen for a year. Defense of abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, aligning with labor and saving the planet are winning issues.

New report shows that a dirty energy status quo prevails in America’s power sector

Storm Daniel was a Mediterranean hurricane that struck Greece, Bulgaria, Libya, Egypt and Turkey, killing thousands. Climatologists are struggling to understand whether this is a harbinger of North Africa's future.

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"Around the world, people are uniting to wrest power and resources away from reckless fossil fuel companies," said one campaigner. "The window to act is short—but there is still time to create enormous positive changes."

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

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