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Uruguay confronts a powerful new threat to its palm trees: A tiny red bug

Uruguay confronts a powerful new threat to its palm trees: A tiny red bug

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Palm trees in Uruguay are more than just plants, they are icons, much like olive groves for Greeks or cherry blossoms for the Japanese.
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UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change , and nations harme
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8 who died when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe were not wearing life vests, investigators say

8 who died when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe were not wearing life vests, investigators say

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — None of the eight people killed when a boat capsized during a sudden and fierce storm last month on Lake Tahoe in California were wearing life vests, federal investigators said in an initial report released Wednesday.
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For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a decade, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about ever more dangerous climate change in increasingly urgent tones.
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UN's top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways

UN's top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court's president called “an existential problem of planetary p
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Trump administration canceled a $4.9B loan guarantee for a line to deliver green power

Trump administration canceled a $4.9B loan guarantee for a line to deliver green power

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S.
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Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire

Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire

JASPER, ALTA. — When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town.
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Wildfire kills 10 firefighters and rescue workers in Turkey

Wildfire kills 10 firefighters and rescue workers in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 10 firefighters and rescue workers were killed Wednesday and many others injured while battling a wildfire in northwestern Turkey , Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said.
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Flood waters race through New Mexico community, prompting rescues

VADO, N.M.
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Texas lawmakers scrutinize state's response to catastrophic floods

Texas lawmakers scrutinize state's response to catastrophic floods

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people after a top Republican said legislators had no intention of criticizing or assigning blame.
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