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Scottish Green minister frustrated over UK’s deposit return scheme delay
Scottish Parliament’s Green minister Lorna Slater has written to the UK Government to express “deep concerns” about suggested two-year delays in its deposit...
Renault to invest $320 million, hire 550 workers to make electric vans in northern France
French car maker Renault plans to invest 300 million euros ($323.25 million) in its assembly plant located in Sandouville in northern France to...
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...
