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Premier David Eby called Falcon a "weather vane" during question period in the legislature for changing his previous carbon tax support in favour of shifting federal political winds.

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ATLANTA (AP) — A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal-fueled power plant. Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co.

BENGALURU, India (AP) — An alliance of nations that push for more solar power worldwide are set to announce nearly $35 million for projects such as mini grids and rooftop installations, mainly in Africa, according to the group's director general.

PRAGUE (AP) — Three energy companies including U.S.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof.

Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, died of cardiac arrest Saturday. He was 71.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protests extended into a second week Monday over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company, as Panama's government sought to calm anger by promising to let Panamanians decide in a referendum whether to scrap the d

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year pause on carbon pricing for home fuel oil.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan is to stop collecting the carbon tax on natural gas if Ottawa doesn't offer a break, a move that has received unanimous support in the provincial legislature. Moe said Monday that starting Jan.