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  "textContent": "A new study tracking 25 European countries from 2017 to 2023 documents a problematic reality: when droughts strike, hydropower and other renewables don't work as well as they might. As a result, countries have to fire up more fossil fuel power plants and import energy to keep the lights on.",
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