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Western Europe Had Its Hottest June on Record

An unusually early heat wave smashed records across France, Britain and Spain. Temperatures in some areas are starting to soar again.

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Riding a hot train in London on June 24. Average temperatures across Western Europe last month were 3.05 degrees Celsius, or 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit, above the mean from recent decades.
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To Reduce Electrical Grid Strain Amid Heat Wave, Data Centers Are Ordered to Use Backup Power

As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused.

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The energy secretary has asked grid managers to require data centers to use backup power when electrical systems are under strain during the heat wave.
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Oil Industry Lawyers Fight a $50 Billion Climate Case in Oregon

The lawsuit aims to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for a heat wave in Portland five years ago. The industry says the case should be thrown out.

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Richard Schechter, a lawyer for Multnomah County in Oregon, addressing the judge in court on Wednesday.
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Climate Change Fueling Europe’s Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find

A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would β€œnot have been possible” without global warming.

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A shady passageway on Tuesday in Bordeaux, France, where temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 42 Celsius.
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Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent

The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.

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Morning commuters on the London Bridge on Wednesday, where temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest recorded June day in the United Kingdom.
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