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Spring rains welcome, but drought risk lingers in Western Canada

Spring rains welcome, but drought risk lingers in Western Canada

CALGARY — A wetter-than-expected spring has Western Canadian farmers breathing a sigh of relief, but drought remains a significant worry.
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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. Republican Gov.
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Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths in the country by 2030, a new new study by the United Nations children’s agency said Friday.
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Federal government says funding has restored threatened frog's habitat in Quebec

Federal government says funding has restored threatened frog's habitat in Quebec

MONTREAL — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says $8.2-million spent since 2022 has successfully restored several Quebec wetlands inhabited by the threatened western chorus frog.
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AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat

AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat

David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona's record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave .
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Mexico's Maya Train is destroying ancient caves. Learn about the beautiful 'cenotes' under threat

Mexico's Maya Train is destroying ancient caves. Learn about the beautiful 'cenotes' under threat

AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula.
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In Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train

In Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train

AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) — Rays of sunlight slice through pools of crystal water as clusters of fish cast shadows on the limestone below.
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Lava spurts from Iceland volcano for second day as its fissure extends 2 miles

Lava spurts from Iceland volcano for second day as its fissure extends 2 miles

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continued to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday but the activity had calmed significantly from when it erupted a day earlier .
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North Korea's trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here's what it means

North Korea's trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here's what it means

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers.
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Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing

Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry.
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