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Odessa and the worsening Texas water crisis

In the midst of a Texas summer that is regularly setting temperature records and will probably end up one of the state’s hottest ever, Odessa made national headlines when its main water line broke and left more than 165,000 residents without access to the vital resource.

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It’s going to be dangerously hot for 100 million Americans

More than 95 million people from Southern California to western Pennsylvania and as far south as Florida are under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory, meteorologists said.

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Texas oil boomtowns devastated by coronavirus

For over a decade, the Permian Basin has been the epicenter of the American oil boom. Now, it’s the epicenter of its demise.
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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

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Senate moves to gut clean energy tax credits as deal nears

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UN climate talks face growing backlash over corporate influence and stalled action