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Ontario ‘woefully underprepared’ as budget falls short on climate change
TORONTO — The Ontario budget’s failure to directly address climate change represents a “gross abdication of responsibility” by the government, some critics argue,...
Fragile South Sudan risks turmoil over oil disruption: experts
Oil-dependent South Sudan is at risk of economic and political turmoil over the shutdown of a key pipeline in its war-torn neighbour, Sudan,...
Activists watch for potential impact on environment as Key Bridge cleanup unfolds
Authorities removing twisted wreckage from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are deploying nearly a mile's worth of barriers, testing samples...
In Canada’s Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
Canada’s Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall...
Biden restores endangered species protections rolled back by Trump
The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal...
US judge strikes down Biden highway climate rule
A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from...
California proposal would change power bill calculations, relieve spikes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s become a rite of summer in sunny California: When the temperature spikes, so do electricity bills, leaving some customers...
Sawfish are spinning, and dying, in Florida waters as rescue effort begins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning behavior and dying...
Georgia state lawmakers approve private water utility bypassing county to serve homes near Hyundai plant
A change in Georgia state law would allow a private utility to provide water service for new homes near Hyundai's upcoming EV plant...
Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
LONDON (Reuters) – At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specimens of a once-common plant that has...
