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Pressure mounts on Houston power company to quickly restore service as city sweats after Beryl

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Pressure mounted Wednesday on Houston’s power utility as millions of residents still had no electricity nearly three days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, stoking questions over how a city that is all too familiar with destructive weather was unable to better withstand a Category 1 storm. With frustration growing as

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Republicans urge reversal of landmark ruling in Montana climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican officials in Montana are pressing the state Supreme Court to overturn a landmark climate ruling in a lawsuit brought by young environmentalists. Last year’s decision said regulators must consider global warming emissions when approving oil, gas and coal projects. But legal experts say it must be upheld by

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China’s landfills brim with textile waste as fast fashion reigns and recycling takes a back seat

Associated Press WENZHOU, China (AP) — At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers feed the garments into shredding machines. It’s the

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Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county on Tuesday refused to certify the results of two local recounts from last month’s primary, a rare move that has potential implications for the presidential race in one of the nation’s most important swing states. The three Republican members on the five-member

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Biden points finger at Texas state leaders for delay in federal Beryl aid as they accuse him of politicizing storm

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden told The Houston Chronicle on Tuesday that federal officials had not been able to get in touch with Texas state leaders for days – leading to a delayed distribution of emergency-relief supplies in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. The president told The Chronicle he had been trying to

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