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Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina

Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina

HONOLULU (AP) — More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future.
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Parks Canada removes trash bins along Lachine Canal to spur citizen responsibility

Parks Canada removes trash bins along Lachine Canal to spur citizen responsibility

MONTREAL — On warm days, Montreal's Lachine Canal can attract thousands of picnickers, cyclists and pedestrians.
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Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.
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The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport

The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's bu
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Here's why experts don't think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai's downpour

Here's why experts don't think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai's downpour

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said.
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California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant

California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium , a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.
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Elephant seal Emerson extends Victoria city break, defying relocation with 200km swim

Elephant seal Emerson extends Victoria city break, defying relocation with 200km swim

VICTORIA — Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult.
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Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases

Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican attorneys general attacked the Biden administration’s stated goal of pursuing environmental justice , calling it a form of “racial engineering.
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Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season

Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from last July's catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather as they head into this year's growing season.
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Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s

Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S.
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