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Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

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Panama community pushed from Caribbean island by rising sea levels moves into new houses

Panama community pushed from Caribbean island by rising sea levels moves into new houses

ISBERYALA, Panama (AP) — Hammocks began appearing this week in the doorways of 300 new houses built in what was previously a yucca field along Panama’s Caribbean coast for families from the country's first low-lying island evacuated due to rising sea
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The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant

The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sea turtles still scramble from the waters of Batangas Bay, paddling up the sand to bury their eggs.
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Oil CEOs tell House of Commons committee they support carbon pricing

Oil CEOs tell House of Commons committee they support carbon pricing

The CEOs and executives of some of Canada's largest oil and gas companies told a parliamentary committee Thursday that they while they oppose an emissions cap on their sector, they do support carbon pricing as a tool to reduce their industry's enviro
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Woman's 2023 death was first fatal black bear attack on a human in California records, officials say

Woman's 2023 death was first fatal black bear attack on a human in California records, officials say

DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A woman found dead last year in a mountain community was the victim of the first documented fatal black bear attack on a human in California, authorities said.
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Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill

Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill

OTTAWA — Meghan Fandrich's voice shook as she recalled grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton, B.C., in 2021.
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Ontario chemical company says federal, provincial governments unfairly targeting it

SARNIA, Ont. — A Sarnia, Ont.
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Calgarians told not to have showers, baths after critical water main break

Calgarians told not to have showers, baths after critical water main break

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Residents in Calgary were directed Thursday not to take showers or baths and some were told to boil their water as the city grappled with a major water main break.
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In Washington, D.C., the city’s ‘forgotten river’ cleans up, slowly

In Washington, D.C., the city’s ‘forgotten river’ cleans up, slowly

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bruce Holmes, 65, grew up fishing on the Anacostia River, a 9-mile (14-kilometer) urban waterway that flows through Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, and has long been defined by pollution and neglect.
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Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling

Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling

Jennifer and Eric Mauchan live in a Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts that they've been cooling with five air conditioners. In the summer, the electric bill for the 2,600-square-foot home can be $200.
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