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WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week’s European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study found. Those 1,500 people “have only died ...

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter's night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a ...

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