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Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up

Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area's First Nation chief.
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Water levels rise and homes flood in Russia after a dam bursts near the Kazakhstan border

Water levels rise and homes flood in Russia after a dam bursts near the Kazakhstan border

Russian officials scrambled to help homeowners displaced by floods as water levels rose in the Ural River, authorities said Wednesday.
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Salmon fishing is banned off the California coast for the second year in a row amid low stocks

Salmon fishing is banned off the California coast for the second year in a row amid low stocks

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal fishery managers voted Wednesday to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row , and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks.
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Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk

Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town.
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Brazil's Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon

Brazil's Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Wednesday with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people, who asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its Indigenou
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'Forever chemicals' are found in water sources around New Mexico, studies find

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — So-called forever chemicals have been found in water sources across New Mexico, according to recent studies by the U.S. Geological Survey and state environment officials.
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Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement

Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement

The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad's disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn't enough.
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Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires

Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires

OTTAWA — Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have escalated the risk of another record-breaking wildfire season, federal ministers said Wednesday as they warned about the urgent need to address climate change.
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B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre

B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre

VANCOUVER — The April snow survey from the BC River Forecast Centre shows the lowest snowpack on record in British Columbia.
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Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what are these 'forever chemicals'?

Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what are these 'forever chemicals'?

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on certain common types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. It is the first time a nationwide limit on so-called forever chemicals has been imposed on water providers.
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