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Alaska's Willow oil project is controversial. Here's why.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter t
Mar 13, 2023 5:59 PM
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Kearl oilsands leak exposes gaps in how Alberta and Canada oversee industry: experts
EDMONTON — Recent leaks of toxic tailings from northern Alberta oilsands mines have revealed serious flaws in how Canada and Alberta look after the environment, observers say. Some accuse the federal government of abandoning the province.
Mar 13, 2023 3:41 PM
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Do-not-eat listing draws lawsuit from Maine lobster industry
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition representing the Maine lobster industry is suing an aquarium on the other side of the country for recommending that seafood customers avoid buying a variety of lobster mostly harvested in their state.
Mar 13, 2023 3:31 PM
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Ottawa says Kearl leaks harmful to wildlife; issues order to stop seepage
Federal inspectors have ruled a releaseof oilsands wastewater from Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Kearl mine is harmful to wildlife and have ordered the company to take immediate action to stop seepage from a tailings pond.
Mar 13, 2023 3:01 PM
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Autopsy: 'Cop City' protester had hands raised when killed
DECATUR, Ga.
Mar 13, 2023 2:07 PM
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Biden angers climate activists by approving controversial oil, gas project in Alaska
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dismayed progressive allies across the continent Monday by approving a controversial oil and gas project in Alaska, a sharp pivot from the climate change offensive that marked his first two years in office.
Mar 13, 2023 1:15 PM
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Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming
The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water.
Mar 13, 2023 9:12 AM
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Canadian industry singing praises of Inflation Reduction Act as federal budget nears
CALGARY — Canadian oil and gas companies are singing from the same songbook in the lead-up to the 2023 federal budget, and its title is the Inflation Reduction Act. The U.S. legislation, signed into law by U.S.
Mar 13, 2023 7:00 AM
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UN chief: 'Cold, hard facts' should guide climate policy
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations called Monday for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed.
Mar 13, 2023 2:12 AM
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy hammers Mozambique for second time
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique on Saturday night, pounding the southern African nation with heavy rains and disrupting transport and telecommunications services.
Mar 12, 2023 10:14 PM
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