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Pacific Northwest engulfed by ‘dangerous’ heat
A major heat wave settling over the Pacific Northwest will bring several days of potentially record-breaking triple-digit temperatures this week, echoing a deadly heat wave that tormented the region last summer.
Can Portland be a climate leader without reducing driving?
The city famous for its bike lanes is struggling to cut car pollution. Now Portland faces a major battle over whether to keep expanding highways.
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Climate change enters the therapy room
Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone.
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Hidden toll of the Northwest heat wave: hundreds of extra deaths
As another heat wave builds in the U.S. Northwest, a New York Times analysis has found that recent scorching temperatures in the area may have been more lethal than officially reported.
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Pacific Northwest continues to bake beneath 'heat dome'
A wave of ocean air provided some relief after Portland, Ore., reached 116 degrees on Monday. Temperatures reached the 90s there on Tuesday, forecasters said.
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How weird is the heat in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver? Off the charts
The heat smothering the Pacific Northwest has little precedent in four decades of record-keeping.
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Michael E. Mann and Susan Joy Hassol: Climate change is behind heat dome
In the old days, we could escape the summer heat by heading north - to the Adirondacks in the East or to the cool, forested Pacific Northwest in the West. But this is not your grandparents' climate.
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