#The Hill’s Morning Report — DOJ alleges Trump criminally conspired to cling to power

#The Hill’s Morning Report — DOJ alleges Trump criminally conspired to cling to power

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. A federal grand jury indicted former President Trump on Tuesday alleging he was a participant in criminal conspiracies to try to subvert the results of the last presidential election, which he falsely and repeatedly…

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#Five non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is rising

#Five non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is rising

Heat waves are the most deadly climate disaster, killing far more people every year than wildfires, hurricanes and floods combined. But rising temperatures aren’t the only reason that extreme heat is becoming a bigger risk. Other important reasons include discriminatory urban planning, the insidious nature of heat illness itself and the decade-long federal tug-of-war over…

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#Kerry testifies ‘under no circumstances’ will US pay climate reparations

#Kerry testifies ‘under no circumstances’ will US pay climate reparations

White House climate envoy John Kerry said the U.S. would “under no circumstances” pay reparations to other countries ravaged by climate change in testimony Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s oversight subcommittee. During the hearing, subcommittee chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) directly asked Kerry whether the U.S. would pay reparations, to which Kerry responded…

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#In Nova Scotia, grief buses drive residents back to their burned-down homes

#In Nova Scotia, grief buses drive residents back to their burned-down homes

Mary Young and her husband, Jason (photograph by Meghan Tansey Whitton) Ever since the wildfires tore through the Halifax area, nearby municipalities have been loading displaced residents onto buses and taking them on tours through their ravaged neighbourhoods. Called “grief buses,” these vehicles give residents the opportunity to visit the charred remains of their properties…

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#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

The frenzy set off over the end of Title 42 has so far been a misfire, as the policy’s end precipitated a pause — not a rush — in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. In the week preceding the end of the pandemic-inspired policy, the media ran countdowns and surged coverage at the border,…

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#For .4 million, you can buy this net-zero corrugated-steel home in Ontario

#For $2.4 million, you can buy this net-zero corrugated-steel home in Ontario

The one-of-a-kind property is entirely powered by solar energy (Photos courtesy Sotheby’s) In October 2016, industrial designer Robert Iantorno dreamed up this low-maintenance, high-efficiency property as a home where he and his wife, Maria, could live and eventually retire. By July 2017, the Iantornos purchased a five-acre plot of land in Singhampton, 90 minutes north of…

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