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This heat wave would be ‘virtually impossible’ if not for fossil fuel pollution, study says

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The dangerous, multi-day heat wave is tightening its grip on the eastern US, shattering records, straining the electric grid and raising the risk for millions of people preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors.

This heat wave would be ‘virtually impossible’ if not for fossil fuel pollution, study says

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By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S.

Petersen reporting (CNN) — The dangerous, multi-day heat wave is tightening its grip on the eastern US, shattering records, straining the electric grid and raising the risk for millions of people preparing...

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By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The dangerous, multi-day heat wave is tightening its grip on the eastern US, shattering records, straining the electric grid and raising the risk for millions of people preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors.

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Petersen reporting (CNN) — The dangerous, multi-day heat wave is tightening its grip on the eastern US, shattering records, straining the electric grid and raising the risk for millions of people preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors.

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By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S.

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