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Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast

PHOENIX (AP) — It's necessary to regulate groundwater in the state’s rural southeast , allowing the designation of a controlled area to stop rapid depletion of the water through agricultural use, the Arizona Department of Water Resources announced Fr
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Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates

Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates

A Canadian company that has received a US$40-million grant from Bill Gates' climate solutions venture firm says its Alberta test site will be removing carbon directly from the atmosphere as early as this spring.
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Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
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Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

An Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon is celebrating a legal victory in the latest stage of its attempt to take back claimed ancestral rainforests .
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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak , which forced thousands of families from their Los Ang
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Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
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EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Regan , who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency Dec. 31, about three weeks before Biden' leaves office.
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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak , which forced thousands of families from their Los Ang
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Avalanche on Bulgaria's Pirin Mountain kills 1 man

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — One person has died in an avalanche on Pirin Mountain, in southern Bulgaria, and rescue efforts are underway to find several others buried under the snow, the mountain rescue service said on Friday.
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Slow fashion houses embrace made-to-order to reduce waste

Slow fashion houses embrace made-to-order to reduce waste

TORONTO — On occasion, fashion designer and clothier Katelyn Woodburn is accused of running a scam.
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