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Tag: Texas
Climate Change Is Common Thread for Heat and Smoke Crises
Human-caused climate change is making high temperatures more common and intensifying the dryness that fuels catastrophic wildfires.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Texas Reels From Mass Shootings
Also, evacuation orders in occupied Ukraine.
How the Allen, Texas Mall Shooting Unfolded
A gunman killed at least eight people at a mall in Texas yesterday.
How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
Cotton farmers in Texas suffered record losses amid heat and drought last year, new data shows. It’s an example of how global warming is a “secret driver of inflation.”
A Championship Season in Mariachi Country
Every year along the Texas border, high school teams battle it out in one of the nation’s most intense championship rivalries. But they’re not playing football.
More Mexicans Are Migrating to the U.S. After a Decade-Long Drop
The death of at least 53 migrants in Texas, more than half of whom were from Mexico, is testing U.S. efforts to enlist Mexico in deterring migration.
Your Friday Briefing: Where Were the Police?
Questions emerge after the Texas school shooting.
Your Thursday Briefing: A Texas School Shooting
Plus Russia’s narrowed focus and diplomacy in Africa.
Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds
The transactions can help major oil and gas companies clean up their own production by transferring polluting assets to a different firm, the analysis said.