Lobster fisherman credited with rescuing 3 people, 2 dogs from burning yacht
A lobster fisherman is credited with rescuing 3 people and 2 dogs from a burning yacht near New Castle on Saturday
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The tallest mass timber building in the world is opening in downtown Milwaukee. It's healthier for the planet. And you.
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- The Weather Network
A glass of ocean water: Quebec company wins award for desalination technology
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- WJAX
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- Naples Daily News
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In the Gulf of Mexico, Invest 95L is taking aim at Texas but tropical rainfall could extend to several Gulf Coast states.
- WFTV
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Meteorologists are still watching three disturbances in the Atlantic basin.
- Idaho Statesman
Grizzly mauls hiker during ‘surprise encounter’ in Wyoming mountains, officials say
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- BBC
Japan swelters in its worst heatwave ever recorded
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- MarketWatch
Italy’s worst drought in 70 years turning famed Arborio rice fields into sandy beaches
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- The Desert Sun
Sharing Mississippi water with California would help feed America
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- Associated Press
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Green hydrogen is the ultimate answer to high gas prices, climate change, and saber-rattling dictators
WASHINGTON (Project Syndicate)—Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread environmental disruption and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. The IPCC report released in April recommended that the world rapidly reduce fossil-fuel supply and demand between now and 2050: by 95% in the case of coal, 60% for oil, and 45% for natural gas. The answer is by switching to green hydrogen, which can be produced from all forms of renewable energy, including solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal.