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Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Chico Harlan

23 June 2026 at 10:02

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

A visitor to the Palace of Versailles in France on Monday, where temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’

By: Chico Harlan

23 June 2026 at 10:02

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow

21 May 2026 at 18:33

The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.

Replacing an air conditioning unit outside a home in western Pennsylvania during a heat wave last June.