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US Senate passes sweeping $700bn economic package
The bill seeks to lower the cost of medicines, increase corporate taxes and reduce carbon emissions.

Causes of deadly dry-lightning wildfires revealed
The conditions for dry lightning, responsible for devastating California wildfires, have been identified.

More research needed on climate extinction threat
New research says it could be "fatally foolish" not to think the unthinkable on climate change.

Should Premier League clubs fly in pre-season?
BBC Sport examines the climate impact of the Premier League's globe-trotting pre-season tours.

Driest July in England since 1935 - Met Office
Parts of England saw the driest July on record with serious impacts on farmland and wildfire.

40C heatwave has to be climate change - scientists
Human-caused climate change made the high temperatures last week much more likely, say scientists.
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US Senate passes sweeping $700bn economic package
The bill seeks to lower the cost of medicines, increase corporate taxes and reduce carbon emissions.

Causes of deadly dry-lightning wildfires revealed
The conditions for dry lightning, responsible for devastating California wildfires, have been identified.

More research needed on climate extinction threat
New research says it could be "fatally foolish" not to think the unthinkable on climate change.

Should Premier League clubs fly in pre-season?
BBC Sport examines the climate impact of the Premier League's globe-trotting pre-season tours.

Driest July in England since 1935 - Met Office
Parts of England saw the driest July on record with serious impacts on farmland and wildfire.

40C heatwave has to be climate change - scientists
Human-caused climate change made the high temperatures last week much more likely, say scientists.

Causes of deadly dry-lightning wildfires revealed
The conditions for dry lightning, responsible for devastating California wildfires, have been identified.

More research needed on climate extinction threat
New research says it could be "fatally foolish" not to think the unthinkable on climate change.
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