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This six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, had clear signs of trouble before it partially collapsed in May 2023. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about the state of

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A skier at Palisades Tahoe, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics and site of a small but deadly avalanche in 2024. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow

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Producing concrete blocks with captured carbon, like these in Brooklyn, NY., has both economic and climate benefits. AP Photo/John Minchillo

Capturing carbon dioxide from the air or industries and recycling it can sound like a win-win climate solution. The

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