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The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rules will not result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists are calling for more stringent measures.

Novelist Colson Whitehead envisions zombies in Manhattan, while Donald Ray Pollock returns to gritty southern Ohio. In nonfiction, Ben Mezrich recounts the heist of moon rocks from NASA, and Mark Hertsgaard looks ahead to the next 50 years of climate change.

Excessive heat warnings are in effect across the West, where temperatures will hit the triple digits — a signal that climate change and lengthening summers pose serious problems for the region.

The site — comparable in size to the Grand Canyon — is about a hundred miles off the coast of New York City. It's home to a number of sensitive species including sperm whales and sea turtles.

Beth-El Center in Milford has offered services to help curb homelessness and hunger for nearly 40 years. As temperatures reach over 95 degrees this week, the center opened its dining hall for the first time as a cooling center.

Europe is reeling from a massive heat wave, and temperatures could hit records this week across much of the continent.

Maura Healey was sworn in as governor Thursday. Lawmakers in western Massachusetts said they like her agenda, and will push hard for her to bring it to this part of the state.

Maine's Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday gave its approval to a major transmission line and wind power development in Aroostook County.

A new report says glaciers in a third of UNESCO World Heritage sites will disappear. Two-thirds of glaciers in the heritage sites can be saved — but only if carbon emissions are cut quickly, it says.

A photographer uses watercolors sensitized to light to make ethereal images of dying trees on the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. As sea levels rise, these haunting sights will only continue to grow.