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Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge

Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to build on a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge.
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Rivers recede as B.C. faces prospect of 'unfamiliar territory' for drought

Rivers recede as B.C. faces prospect of 'unfamiliar territory' for drought

Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the head of the province's River Forecast Centre. Dave Campbell says persistent drought conditions in B.C.
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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world's food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into
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Florida's major power company prepares for this year's hurricanes by dealing with a fake one

Florida's major power company prepares for this year's hurricanes by dealing with a fake one

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Under blue skies, officials at Florida's largest power company dealt Thursday with the aftermath of a major hurricane that slammed into Miami and Fort Lauderdale — or a pretend one, anyway.
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B.C. court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic

B.C. court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns.
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Ontario secures more natural gas, battery storage for electricity supply

Ontario secures more natural gas, battery storage for electricity supply

TORONTO — Ontario's electricity system operator has secured new power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which should meet the province's needs until the 2030s.
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Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business

Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business

In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food. The battle between a unit of the Wonderful Co.
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Powerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US

Powerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms tore through parts of the U.S. again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes , producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina.
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Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost

Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost

OTTAWA — Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to co
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Upper Nicola Band building community centre finds human remains, halts construction

Upper Nicola Band building community centre finds human remains, halts construction

QUILCHENA, B.C. — The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.'s southern Interior says construction crews building a new community centre have discovered human remains.
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